Scheduled scans
In addition to manual ad hoc scans, you can also schedule scans.
From the Scan schedules tab on the Scans page you can:
- View scheduled scans
- Create and edit scans
- Pause and resume scans
- End and delete scans.
Comply gives you many options for scheduling scans. You can schedule a one-off scan or a scan that repeats periodically:
- You can set scans to run on individual days of the week, every day, weekdays only, or weekends only.
- You can set scans to run on any day of the month. Be aware that if you, for example, set a scan to run on Day 31, the scan does not run in months that do not have 31 days.
Scheduled scans table
The table on the Scan schedules tab provides the following information:
- Name - The name assigned to the scan.
- Nodes - The number of nodes to be scanned.
- Start - The date and time scheduled for the scan to start according to the selected time zone.
- End - The date and time scheduled for the scan to finish according to the selected time zone.
- Frequency - How often the scan is scheduled to run.
- Last run - Date and time when the last scan of this type started.
- Status - Whether the scan is not currently running (Not started), has completed processing (Ended), or is currently running (Active).
View details about a scheduled scan
You can view details about a scheduled scan in the Scheduled scan detail window.
To view details about a scheduled scan:
Pause and resume a scheduled scan
You can pause or resume a scheduled scan by using the Scheduled scan detail window.
To pause and resume a scheduled scan:
Edit a scheduled scan
You can edit a scheduled scan by using the Scheduled scan detail window.
To edit a scheduled scan:
Delete a scheduled scan
You can delete a scheduled scan in any state (active, paused, or ended) by using the Scheduled scan detail window.
To delete a scheduled scan:
- On the Scans page, click Scan schedules.
- Click the schedule that you want to delete.
- In the Scheduled scan information window, click View detail.
- Click Delete.
- When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Delete scheduled scan.
Create a one-off scheduled scan
You can schedule a compliance scan to run once.
To create a one-off scheduled scan:
Create a repeating scheduled scan
You can schedule a compliance scan to run regularly.
To create a scheduled scan that repeats: