Setting Up Virus Scan Providers  

Use

The virus scan provider is the service of the AS Java that makes the tc/sec/vsi/interfaceinterface available to the SAPapplications of the AS Java.

Select an installation type for the virus scan provider, depending on your system prerequisites:

●      Virus Scan Adapter for a Java Installation

This procedure describes the normal case in which you are using a local virus scan adapter. The virus scan adapter is a native dynamic library from a third-party vendor, which can be loaded directly into the process environment of the AS Java. This means that you can check memory contents directly for viruses, which achieves a higher performance.

●      Virus Scan Server for a Java Installation

This procedure describes the special case, in which the platform or process architecture does not allow the direct inclusion of a virus scan adapter. This is the case, for example, if the required operating system for SAP NetWeaver is not compatible with the external anti-virus product. In this case, use a virus scan server. The virus scan server communicates with the AS Java using TCP/IP (SAP RFC protocol) and accesses the external anti-virus product using a virus scan adapter.

Both purely-Java installations provide the same interface to instancejava from the package com.sap.security.core.server.vsi.api.

The configuration of the virus scan provider service is stored in the Configuration Manager of the AS Java. A Web Dynpro application is available to you as a configuration tool.

Prerequisites

You are an administrator of the AS Java.

Virus Scan Adapter for a Java Installation

After you have installed an external anti-virus product including a certified adapter, you only need to enter the path to the adapter specified in the documentation for the partner product in the VSA_LIB field.

Virus Scan Server for a Java Installation

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       1.      Start the Standalone Gateway.

       2.      Start the virus Scan server with the options -a, -x, and -g, as described in Installing a Virus Scan Server as a Self-Starter. For option -a, specify the program ID using the naming convention (case-sensitive; prefix VSCAN_).

       3.      In the SAP NetWeaver Administrator, set up the virus scan provider as a virus scan server,  as described in Define Virus Scan Providers.

                            a.      For the name, specify exactly the program ID that you defined above using option –a. However, you must leave off the name prefix VSCAN_, since this is automatically added.

                            b.      Specify server settings that match those of the provider defined above. Specify -g and -x as defined under step 2.