Backup scanning plan

If you need to scan backups on malware, you can create a backup scanning plan.

Note the following:

• The backups that have CDP recovery points can be selected for scanning but only regular recovery points (excluding CDP recovery points) will be scanned.
• When the CDP backup was selected for safe recovery of an entire machine, the machine will be safely recovered without the data in the CDP recovery point. To restore the CDP data, start the Files/folders recovery activity.

To create a backup scanning plan

1. In the service console, go to Plans > Backup scanning.
2. Click Create plan.
3. Specify the name of the plan and the following parameters:
   • Scan type:
     • Cloud – this option cannot be redefined. The backups will be scanned in the cloud data center by the cloud agent. The system automatically selects the cloud agent that will perform scanning.
   • Backups to scan:
     • Locations – select locations with backups that you want to scan.
     • Backups – select backups that you want to scan.
   • Scan for:
     • Malware – this option cannot be redefined. It checks backups on malware presence.
   • Encryption – provide a password to scan encrypted backups. If a vault or multiple backups are selected, then you can specify a single password for all backups. If the password does not suit to a backup, the system will create an alert.
   • Schedule – this option cannot be redefined. The scan activity will be started in the cloud storage automatically.
4. When ready, click Create.

As a result, the backup scanning plan is created. The specified locations or backups will be scanned by the cloud agent automatically.