Defining Scanner Groups

A scanner group combines multiple virus scanners of the same type to allow load balancing. Since you select the virus scanner using the scanner group when maintaining the virus scan profile, you must assign each virus scan provider to a scanner group.

a scanner group for each product class of virus scanners that are connected to the system using the virus scan provider. If you include your own virus scanners with the BAdI VSCAN_INSTANCE, create a scanner group for each implementation of your own scanner and identify these as BAdI implementations.

You can store configuration parameters for each scanner group. These are divided into initialization parameters and scan parameters.

• Initialization parameters are transferred to a virus scan provider when it is started, and are required to be able to start it. you use the Business Add-In, these parameters for the method of creating the scan instance are transferred. The parameters contain, for example, the path to the virus signatures.

• Scan parameters are transferred for each scan process, and control the behavior of the individual requests, such as SCANBESTEFFORT.

For information about which configuration parameters are required or supported by the product that you use, see the documentation for the product.

SAP does not deliver any scanner groups.