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Enabling Virus and Backup Software
150 HP StorageWorks NAS 8000 User’s Guide
Using NAS Virus Protection
The anti-virus software, HP Virus Guard, works to prevent computer viruses from
contaminating data stored on the NAS server and therefore prevents the device
from being a “transmitter” of viruses across the network.
The anti-virus software uses two methods for protecting the system from
becoming contaminated by a computer virus:
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Scan Control: Scans the storage device on a regular basis, searching stored
data for identifying strings or “signatures” that indicate the presence of a
virus. While this method can effectively identify viruses once they are on the
system, there can be a significant time lag between the time the virus is copied
onto the system and the time the virus is detected.
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Real Time Protection (RTP): Monitors all data being written to the storage
device and checks the data for computer viruses.
The software provides the following capabilities:
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Virus handling options including clean, rename, quarantine, log, and delete
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Immediate detection and handling of viruses as they are copied to the NAS
server (real time protection)
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Artificial intelligence mechanism, heuristic scanning, to detect unknown
viruses
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Virus signature updates directly from the scan engine vendor
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Scan and RTP logging which includes number of files scanned, viruses found,
and response taken
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Automatic scheduling for both virus scanning and signature file updates
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Notification of detected viruses by email and/or SNMP
You can access the HP Virus Guard web interface from the Applications tab.
1. In the Command View NAS, click the Applications tab.
2. Navigate to hp virus guard. In the resulting screen, the Status field indicates
whether the software is enabled (disabled is the default state). If Disabled
appears, select Actions > Enable/Disable Application.
3. Select Actions > Manage/Configure Application. The HP Virus Guard web
interface appears.