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11. If you want to add newly discovered assets to the group where you have
defined the scan, rather than to the Ungrouped Assets group, select the Add
newly discovered assets to group check box.
12. If you want to add previously known assets (that are not in the group) to the
group, select the Add previously known assets to group check box.
13. Click OK. The ad hoc discovery scan is displayed in the Command Jobs
window.
Running an ad hoc assessment scan with Enterprise Scanner
When you run an ad hoc assessment scan from the SiteProtector Console, you can
use the default settings, or choose the checks you want to run and other scanning
parameters.
Procedure
1. In the SiteProtector navigation pane, create a tab with any view except for a
Policy view.
2. Expand the Site to see the group you want to scan.
3. Right-click the group to scan; if given a choice of Internet Scanner or
Enterprise Scanner, select Enterprise Scanner; and then select Scan from the
pop-up menu.
4. In the Ad Hoc Discovery section, select the Perform one-time discovery scan
of this group check box.
5. Type a Job name to identify the job when it appears in the Command Jobs
window.
6. If you want the scan to run only during your scheduled scanning windows,
select the Run only during open discovery windows check box.
7. Click Assessment in the left pane.
8. Configure the policy the same way you would configure the background
Assessment policy.
9. Select Global in the Perform scans from this perspective (Network location)
list.
10. Click the Advanced Settings tab.
11. In the Assessment Throttling section, use the Bandwidth Throttling slider to
set the amount of bandwidth the scan should consume.
The Enterprise Scanner agent will monitor threads once the value becomes
greater than you specified.
To enable logging, add the following advanced parameter to the logging
parameters in SiteProtector: esm.portN.debug.logging where N is the port
number of the scan interface
The agent writes the log information to iss-esm-<port number of scan
interface>.log.
12. Use the remaining sliders to enable settings that prevent the scan from
overwhelming or flooding a slow network:
Option Description
Connections per host The maximum number of connections the
scan should make per host.
SMB Connections The maximum number of SMB connections
the scan should make during a scan job.
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