IBM Partner Pavilion 2.3 manual Option Description Job name, Cycle start date, Cycle duration

Defining scanning cycles and assigning perspectives to scans

Use the Scan Control policy on the SiteProtector Console to define the duration of scanning cycles and to assign user-defined perspectives to scans.

Procedure

1.From the SiteProtector Console, create a tab to display asset policies.

2.In the navigation pane, select a group, and then open the Scan Control policy for that group.

3.Select the Enable background discovery/assessment scanning of this group check box, for the type(s) of background scanning you want to define, in the Background Discovery and Background Assessment sections.

4.Configure background scanning for each type of scan:

Option	Description
Job name	The name you want displayed for the
	scanning job in the Command Jobs window.
	Note: This name identifies the scan when it
	runs, so choose a meaningful name.
Cycle start date	The date on which you want the scan cycle
	to start.
	Note: Future scans are created in
	SiteProtector at midnight at the beginning of
	the next refresh cycle.
Cycle duration	The length (up to three digits) of the cycle as
	in one of the following units:
	v Hours (for Enterprise Scanner version 2.1
		agents or later only)
	v	Days
	v	Weeks
	v	Months
Current cycle start date	The beginning date of the current scan cycle.
	(Display only.)
Next cycle start date	The beginning date of the next scan cycle.
	(Display only.)
Use Discovery’s start date/duration and	Delays the start of the assessment scan until
wait for discovery scan to complete before	the discovery scan has finished to ensure
scheduling assessment scan	that the discovery scan has identified all
	discoverable assets before the assessment
	scan begins.
	Note: This check box applies to assessments
	scans only.

5.If you want to scan from a user-defined perspective, select a perspective from the Perform background scans from this perspective (Network location) box.

Tip: If you have not yet defined the perspective, click the Configure the referenced list icon to open the Network Locations policy and define a new perspective.

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