Network Router User Manual

Option Description
Next cycle start date The beginning date of the next scan cycle.
(Display only.)
Use Discovery’s start date/duration and
wait for discovery scan to complete before
scheduling assessment scan
Delays the start of the assessment scan until
the discovery scan has finished to ensure
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.
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:
v You 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.
v You can define scan windows only in increments of hours, therefore the
minimum scan window is one hour.
v You 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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