5.1

Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, go to Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
2 Click the vShield tab and click Data Security.
3 Click Start.
NOTE If a virtual machine is powered off, it will not be scanned till it is powered on.
If a scan is in progress, the available options are Pause and Stop.
All virtual machines in your datacenter are scanned once during a scan. If the policy is edited and published
while a scan is running, the scan restarts. This rescan ensures that all virtual machines comply with the edited
policy. A rescan is triggered by publishing an edited policy, not by data updates on your virtual machines.
If a virtual machine is moved to an excluded cluster or resource pool while the data security scan is in progress,
the files on that virtual machine are not scanned. In case a virtual machine is moved via vMotion to another
host, the scan continues on the second host (files that were scanned while the virtual machine was on the
previous host are not scanned again).
When the Data Security engine starts scanning a virtual machine, it records the scan start time. When the scan
ends, it records the end of the scan. You can view the scan start and end time for a cluster, host, or virtual
machine by selecting the Tasks and Events tab.
vShield Data Security throttles the number of virtual machines scanned on a host at a time to minimize impact
on performance. VMware recommends that you pause the scan during normal business hours to avoid any
performance overhead.
Viewing and Downloading Reports
When you start a security scan, vShield displays the start and end time of each scan, the number of virtual
machines scanned, and the number of violations detected.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have been assigned the Security Administrator or Auditor role.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
2 Select the datacenter, cluster, resource pool, or virtual machine for which you want to view reports.
3 Click the vShield tab.
4 Click the Data Security tab.
5 Ensure that you are in the Reports tab.
Table 15-1. Information displayed in the Reports tab
Section Information Displayed
Current Scan
Status
Status of the current scan.
Scan Statistics Pie chart displays the number of virtual machines which have been scanned, are being scanned,
and have not started being scanned.
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