Creating an on-demand task

An on-demand task defines the scope of an on-demand scan. You can specify the maximum size of the files to be scanned, the extensions and paths of the files to be included in the scan, and the extensions and paths of the files to be excluded from the scan. Files in subdirectories are scanned by default.

1. Create an on-demand task: vserver vscan on-demand-task create -vserver data_SVM -task-name task_name -scan-paths paths_of_files_to_scan -report-directory report_directory_path -schedule cron_schedule -max-file-size max_size_of_files_to_scan -paths-to-exclude paths_of_files_to_exclude -file-ext-to-exclude extensions_of_files_to_exclude -file-ext-to-include extensions_of_files_to_include -scan-files-with-no-ext true|false -directory-recursion true|false

   • The -file-ext-to-exclude setting overrides the -file-ext-to-include setting.

   • Set -scan-files-with-no-ext to true to scan files without extensions.

   For a complete list of options, see the man page for the command.

   Example

   The following command creates an on-access task named Task1 on the vs1 SVM:

   cluster1::> vserver vscan on-demand-task create -vserver vs1 -task-name Task1 -scan-paths "/vol1/","/vol2/cifs/" -report-directory "/report" -schedule daily -max-file-size 5GB -paths-to-exclude "/vol1/cold-files/" -file-ext-to-include "vmdk?","mp*" -file-ext-to-exclude "mp3","mp4" -scan-files-with-no-ext false
   [Job 126]: Vscan On-Demand job is queued. Use the "job show -id 126" command to view the status. 
   
   Note

   You can use the job show command to view the status of the job. You can use the job pause and job resume commands to pause and restart the job, or the job stop command to end the job.
2. Verify that the on-demand task has been created: vserver vscan on-demand-task show -instance data_SVM -task-name task_name

   For a complete list of options, see the man page for the command.

   Example

   The following command displays the details for the Task1 task:

   cluster1::> vserver vscan on-demand-task show -instance vs1 -task-name Task1
   
                              Vserver: vs1
                            Task Name: Task1
                   List of Scan Paths: /vol1/, /vol2/cifs/
                Report Directory Path: /report
                         Job Schedule: daily
   Max File Size Allowed for Scanning: 5GB
               File Paths Not to Scan: /vol1/cold-files/
          File Extensions Not to Scan: mp3, mp4
              File Extensions to Scan: vmdk?, mp*
         Scan Files with No Extension: false
              Request Service Timeout: 5m
                       Cross Junction: true
                  Directory Recursion: true
                        Scan Priority: low
                     Report Log Level: info