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Next cycle start date | The beginning date of the next scan cycle. |
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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. |
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5.If you want to scan from a
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.
Defining when scanning is allowed
Use the Scan Window policy on the SiteProtector Console to define the days and hours that scanning is allowed.
About this task
The Scan Window policy applies to background discovery and assessment scans. For an ad hoc scan, you can choose whether to run the scan only during the windows defined in this policy or to run the scan without restriction.
By default, all scan windows are open, therefore scanning is allowed at any time. When you open a Scan Window policy, however, the default changes; and all scan windows are closed. If you modify a Scan Window policy, be sure to define scan windows for discovery and for assessment scans.
Important: If you start a scan when there are no scan windows, the job appears in the Command Jobs window in the Idle state. The job will not run until you define scan windows.
The following rules apply to scan windows:
vYou define the scan windows for discovery and assessment policies separately, on separate tabs of the policy. Important: Be sure to define a scan window for both types of scans if you intend to run both as background scans.
vYou can define scan windows only in increments of hours, therefore the minimum scan window is one hour.
vYou can define as many scan windows as you want on any day of the week.
If you have multiple agents, you should stagger your scan windows so that the discovery scan finishes before the assessment scan begins. If a discovery scan adds assets to a group while an assessment scan is running, there is no guarantee that those assets will be included in the assessment scan.
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