Configuring Scheduled Scan Notifications—File Blocking Parent topic

The following explains the steps required to configure scheduled scan notifications for file blocking:

Procedure

  1. On the left menu, click Scheduled Scan. The Scheduled Scan screen appears.
  2. Click an existing task from the Task Name column. The Scheduled Scan > Edit Scan Task screen appears.
  3. Under Select scan type, click the File blocking link.
  4. Select an existing policy.
  5. Click the Notification tab.
  6. Under People to notify, select from the following:
    • Notify violator
    • Notify administrator
      Note
      Note
      The Notify violator option only includes a Subject and a Message. The consolidated message settings under Notify administrator do not apply to the violator.
  7. Under People to notify, click Show details next to either Notify violator or Notify administrator and configure the following:
    • To—the global email address(es) appear in this field. You can enter additional email addresses, separated by a semicolon, to create unique notifications.
    • Subject—type a subject that will appear in the subject line of the email (for example: File Blocking Notification).
    • Message—you can create a unique message using variables like: [Server Name], [File Blocking Rules], [Date], [Time], [File Name], [File Location], [Action], and [Violator].
      Note
      Note
      The available variables appear in the left window, and the message body in the right window.
  8. Under Settings, choose the delivery options for this notification according to the following:
    • Send consolidated notifications every [xx] [hours or days]—select this option to send a notification according to the number of hours or days you type in the variable field.
    • Send consolidate notifications every [xx] occurrences—select this option to send a notification after a certain number of occurrences as you stipulate in the variable field.
    • Send individual notifications—select this option to send a notification each time an event occurs.
  9. Under Advanced Notification (SNMP), select SNMP to enable this option.
  10. Click Show details to expand the options, and configure according to the following:
    • IP Address
    • Community
    • Message
  11. Select Write to Windows event log to write each notification to the Windows event log.
  12. Click Save.