Scan Scheduling

Setting a Scan Schedule

1. Select Scan Policies in the File Systems menu.

2. Check the box for the scan policy you want to schedule.

3. Click Edit Schedule.

   

• Engine Local Time: Specify the time you want the scan to begin.

NOTE: The time you select is based on the time zone in which the Engine is located, not the time zone of the Agent that conducts the scan.

• Engine Local Start Date: Specify the date on which you want the scan schedule to take effect.

NOTE: Entering a start date does not mean that the scan takes place on that date, it means the schedule starts on that date. Thus, if the Engine Local Start Date is set for a Monday but Schedule Recurrence is set for Weekly on Sunday, then the scan itself does not take place until the Sunday following the scheduled Engine Local Start Date.

• Schedule Recurrence: Set the frequency of scheduled scans.

• Once: Select to scan the storage resources specified in the scan policy one time only.

• Daily: Select to scan the storage resources specified in the scan policy at a designated time each day.

• Weekly: Select a specific day on which to scan the storage resources specified in the scan policy each week.

• Monthly: Select a specific day on which to scan the storage resources specified in the scan policy each month.

4. When finished specifying the scheduling parameters, click OK.

Editing a Scan Schedule

1. Select Scan Policies in the File Systems menu.
2. Check the box for the scan policy you want to reschedule.
3. Click Edit Schedule.
4. Make the desired changes to the schedule.
5. Click OK.

Clearing a Scan Schedule

1. Select Scan Policies in the File Systems menu.
2. Check the box for the scan policy you want to unschedule.
3. Click Clear Schedule.
4. When the confirmation prompt appears, click Yes.

Conducting an Immediate Scan

1. Select Scan Policies in the File Systems menu.
2. Check the box for the scan policy you want to execute.
3. Click Scan Now.
4. When the confirmation prompt appears, click Yes.