NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

To scan policy of client backup images for malware

1. On the left, select Detection and reporting > Malware detection.
2. On the Malware detection page, select Scan for malware.
3. In the Search by option, select Backup images.
4. In the Scanner host pool option, search and select the appropriate host pool name from the list of scanner host pools listed in Select malware scanner host pool.

   Note:

   Scan host from the selected scan host pool must be able to access the instant access mount created on the storage server which is configured with NFS/SMB share type.

5. In the search criteria, review and edit the following:

   • Policy name

     Only supported policy types are listed.

   • Client name

     Displays the clients that have backup images for a supported policy type.

   • Policy type

     Displays all the supported policies which are enabled for malware scanning.

     Note:

     The Nutanix-AHV policy displays Nutanix-AHV images if the backups are taken from a Nutanix-AHV policy and Protection plan backups.

     Warning:

     The Hypervisor policy type displays Nutanix AHV and RHV images. NetBackup supports malware scanning only for Nutanix AHV images.

   • Type of backup

     Any incremental backup images that do not have the NetBackup Accelerator feature enabled are not supported for the VMware workload.

   • Copies

     If the selected copy does not support instant access, then the backup image is skipped for the malware scan.

     (For NAS-Data-Protection policy type) Select the Copies as Copy 2.

   • Disk pool

     MSDP (PureDisk), OST (for example, Data Domain) and AdvancedDisk storage type disk pools are listed.

   • Disk type

     MSDP (PureDisk), OST (for example, Data Domain) and AdvancedDisk disk types are listed.

   • Infection status

     The malware infected status of the backup images can be searched based on the following types: infection detected by malware scan, file hash search, not infected, not scanned or all.

   • For the Select the timeframe of backups, verify the date and the time range or update it.

   Click Search.

   Select the search criteria and ensure that the selected scan host is active and available.

6. From the Select the backups to scan table select one or more images for scan.
7. Click Scan for malware.
8. After the scan is initiated, the Scan status is displayed.

   The following are the status fields:

   • Not scanned

   • Not infected

   • Infected

   • Failed

     Hover over the status to view the reason for the failed scan.

     Note:

     Any backup images that fail the validation are ignored. Malware scanning is supported for the backup images that are stored on storage with instant access capability and for the supported policy types only.

   • In progress

   • Pending

     Note:

     You can cancel the malware scan for one or more in progress and pending jobs.