Use this window to specify or change the name and the scan
frequency of the chosen scan group.
The default software scan frequency is one week,
the maximum is once a day, and the minimum recommended for static
environments is once a month. However, if you install or uninstall
products, you should perform software scans to reflect the changes
in your infrastructure.
Tip: Agents connect to the server at regular time intervals
to check whether their parameters have changed. The time intervals
can be set in the down_parms_period parameter,
by using the setagentconf command. By default, the
frequency is every 6 hours. Therefore, depending on when you schedule
the next scan to occur, some systems may not be reflected in the first
scan that runs.
- Modify the schedule to change the frequency with which the agent
will run the scan. You can modify the following:
- Scan group types
- Standard - a set of machines with installed agents. You
can schedule scans on them and gather scan results automatically by
means of the server.
- Stand-alone - a set of machines without installed agents.
You have to manually generate the scan scripts and use them to perform
scans on these machines. You also have to upload the scan results
manually to the server.
Note: By default, two scan groups marked as default are
created: one pertaining to the standard type and one to the stand-alone
scan group type. They are used by new agents when they connect to
the server for the first time if the scan group set in their configuration
file is not present in the system.
- Date
- Specifies the date on which the scan initiates.
- Time
- Specifies the time at which the scan initiates.
- Repeat every
- Repeats the scan with the selected frequency.
- Frequency
- Specifies how often the scan is run.
- Calendar Unit
- Specifies the type of calendar unit to which the frequency applies.
- Run once
- Runs the scan only once.