How to Add an Assured Security - Malware Scan Task to a Policy

The Assured Security - Malware Scan task verifies the data accessibility, ensures security, and provides integrity checks for your backed-up data. You can also run an Assured Security - Malware Scan job manually. Before you create an Assured Security - Malware Scan task, make sure to add a policy for the backup task.

This section provides information about how to add an Assured Security - Malware Scan task to a policy.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Protect > Policies.
2. Click the name of the policy you want to edit.
3. In the left pane, click Tasks.
4. To add a secondary task, click Add Task on the RPS section, and then click the newly added RPS section.
5. On the What to protect tab, from the Activity Type drop-down list, select Assured Security - Malware Scan.
6. On the What to Test tab, under Select Recovery Points, do one of the following:
• Select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly backups based on your requirements.
• Note: The available options depend on the schedule type selected for the source backup. For example, if the source backup has only monthly backup scheduled, then only Monthly backup displays.
• Select the Latest Recovery Points check box.
7. On the Where to Test tab, specify the following details.
1. For Windows Proxy Server, do one of the following:
• If you have already added a proxy server to the selected Site in the Console, select a proxy server from the Windows Proxy Server drop-down list.
• If you have not added any proxy server, provide the following details, and then click Save:
• Site Name: Select a site from the drop-down list as needed.
• Hostname/IP Address: Specify the hostname or IP address.
• Username: Type the username as needed.
• Password: Type the password as needed.
• Note: For the newly added RPS servers, RPS is added as a default proxy.
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2. For Virtual Hard Disk Files Folder, click Browse, navigate to the folder where the virtual hard disk file is located, select the folder, and then click Select.
3. For Anti-virus Scanner, from the drop-down list, select Windows Defender as an anti-virus scanner.
8. On the When to Test tab, to add an Assured Security - Malware Scan job schedule, click Add.
9. The schedule section refreshes and displays the following fields:
• Run Schedule Days: By default, all the days of the week are selected. If you do not want to run the Assured Security - Malware Scan job on any specific day, click the day of the week to clear the selected day.
• Start Time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the time at which you want the Assured Security - Malware Scan job to start.
• End Time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the time at which you want the Assured Security - Malware Scan job to stop.
10. Note: If no schedule is defined, then the Assured Security - Malware Scan Task starts immediately after the primary task is finished. Otherwise, the Assured Security - Malware Scan Task will run as defined by the schedule.
9. On the Additional Settings tab, set Timeout (1–30 days). This is the maximum time the proxy server can wait for the item to complete its scan. If the Assured Security VM remains unavailable beyond the timeout, the Assured Security - Malware Scan job fails.
10. Click Save Policy.
11. You have successfully created the Assured Security - Malware Scan task.