Scan Jobs; Defining Scan Jobs - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer 7.0 Administrator's Guide
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Scheduled Scan Jobs

Scan Jobs

You can run scan jobs on demand or you can configure scan jobs to run periodically. This
section outlines the process of configuring and running manual and scheduled scans. For
detailed descriptions of all scanning options, see the CA Antivirus online help.
NOTE: You may not want to include Snapshot shares as part of your virus scan. Because access

Defining Scan Jobs

This section provides an overview of the major choices available in configuring scan jobs.
Access these options by selecting Local Scanner Options from the Scanner Menu.
Choosing an Infection Treatment (Scan Tab)
You can instruct the software to perform one of the following file actions when an infected
file is found:
File Actions
Report Only
Delete File
Rename File
Move File
Cure File
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Description
Displays the directory structure of the SnapServer. As in
Windows Explorer, click folder icons to navigate the structure
and display subfolders and files in the right-hand pane.
May contain infected files. The administrator can instruct the
software to automatically move infected files to this directory.
For more information, see
Scan Jobs you schedule appear in this folder. For more
information, see
to an archived version of the filesystem provided by a snapshot share is read-only, you
cannot treat or move any infected file; you would have to delete the entire snapshot to
effect a cure. A more useful approach is to always scan your filesystem for viruses before
running a snapshot. Adjust your antivirus scan schedule to synchronize with your
snapshot schedule so that any infected files are cured (repaired) or removed before the
snapshot is scheduled to run.
Description
(Default) Reports when an infection is found.
Deletes an infected file.
Renames an infected file with an AVB extension. Infected files with the
same name are given incremental extensions (for example, FILE.0.AVB,
FILE.1.AVB, and so on). After a file is renamed with an AVB-type of
extension, it is not scanned subsequently.
Moves an infected file from its current directory to the Move directory for
quarantine.
Attempts to cure an infected file automatically. Choosing this setting
enables the
Action Options and specify how the Cure File option performs.
NOTE: The System Cure option is not available on SnapServers.
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"Scan Jobs" on page
"Scheduling a Scan Job" on page
File Options button. Click this button to display the Cure
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