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Creating Schedules
The Scheduler is a Management component that lets you schedule on-demand
scans to occur at specific times. It sends a command to all member machines
you specify, to scan themselves. Although the on-access component scans files
every time you access a file, a virus might reside in a file you have not accessed
for a while. The Scheduler can schedule scans for a single machine, a group of
machines, or all machines within the anti-virus domain.
Your machine settings determine the format for the dates and times that you
enter for the scans, and their format in any log file. To change the format, use
the Regional settings in the Control Panel.
Scheduling scans
You can schedule a scan on a member machine only if that machine has the
VirusScan or NetShield programs installed.
Follow these steps to schedule scans:
1. Under the Management Server for the anti-virus domain, right-click
Schedule
and click
Edit
.
The Scheduler Events page appears in the right pane (
Figure 4-1
).
Figure 4-1. Scheduler Events page
2. Right-click anywhere in the Scheduler Events page and choose
New
Scheduler Event
. (To modify or delete an existing event, select
Edit
Event
or
Delete Event
.)
