McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.6.0

Schedule an on-demand scan

Schedule an on-demand scan to scan your Microsoft Exchange servers to find a threat, vulnerability, or other potentially unwanted code.

Before you begin
Make sure that you do not remove the MSMEODuser from active directory, that was created during the product installation. This user is required for performing on‑demand scans on mailboxes.
Task
1 Log on to the ePolicy Orchestrator server as an administrator.
2 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree, then select the required group or systems.
3 Click the Assigned Client Tasks tab, then click Actions | New Client Task Assignment. The Client Task Assignment Builder page appears.
4 Define these options, then click Create New Task.
a For Product, select McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.6.0
b For Task Type, select On Demand Scan Task.
5 Type a name for the task, and any notes, then click Save. The task is listed in the Task Name.
6 On the Create New Task page, define these options, then click Save:
Task Name Select Policy
Description Advanced Filters
Resumable Scanning
Check the Resumable Scanning option to schedule the on-demand scan task for large volume items.
7 Select the task, then click Next.
8 Schedule the task as required, then click Next to view a summary of the task.
9 Review the summary of the task, then click Save.
10 In the System Tree page, select the systems or groups where you assigned the task, then click Wake Up Agents.
11 In the Wake Up McAfee Agent screen, select Force complete policy and task update, then click OK.
During the scan, the complete store database is scanned.

On-demand scanning events are reported to ePolicy Orchestrator with the details start time, stop time, completed time, and infection status.