You must purchase, set up, and start commercially available Data ONTAP-compliant virus-scanning software and enable the Data ONTAP virus-scan feature before you can scan for viruses.
Before You Begin
If you have not already done so, obtain a Data ONTAP-compliant virus scan software.
Steps
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Make sure that the operators of the PC clients that you want to configure as virus-scanning clients are configured as “Backup Operators” or higher on the storage systems on which they will conduct virus scanning.
- Install the Data ONTAP-customized commercial virus scan software on the PCs that you want to configure as virus-scanning clients. Follow the directions that accompany the virus scan software product.
- After installation and configuration of the virus scan software on the PCs is complete, confirm the success of the installation by listing the IP addresses of the PCs now configured as virus-scanning clients. At the storage system console, enter the following command:vscan scanners
The system displays a table listing the IP addresses of the active virus-scanning clients for this storage system.
- Leave the virus-scanning client on and connected to the storage system or storage systems
on which it is carrying out its virus scan operations.
