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NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2024-10-04

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5)

Assets by workload type

This section describes the procedure for scanning VMware, Universal shares, Kubernetes and Cloud VM assets for malware.

Ensure that you meet the following prerequisites:

The backups were performed with a storage server at NetBackup 10.1 or later.
Backup images are stored on MSDP storage only with instant access capability, for the supported policy type only.
The last backup must be successful.
You must have an RBAC role with permissions to perform malware scans.

To scan the supported assets for malware, perform the following:

On left, select the supported workload under Workloads.
Select the resource which has backups completed (for example, VMware/Cloud VM, Universal shares, Kubernetes and so on).
Select Actions > Scan for malware.
On the Malware scan page, perform the following:
- Select the date range for the scan by selecting Start date/time and End date/time.
- Select Scanner host pool
- From the Select current status of malware scan list select one of the following:
  - Not scanned
  - Not infected
  - Infected
  - All
Click Scan for malware.
Note:
The malware scanner host can initiate a scan of three images at the same time.
After the scan starts, you can see the Malware Scan Progress on Malware Detection, the following fields are visible:
- Not scanned
- Not infected
- Infected
- Failed
  Note:
  Any backup images that fail validation are ignored.
- In progress
- Pending