Configuring global system cache

The VirusScan Enterprise scan cache saves a list of clean scanned files. You can improve your system performance if you save this clean scan cache information during a system reboot and allow the on-demand scanner to use this clean scan cache information to reduce duplicate file scanning.

The following task describes configuring both of these scan cache features from the Global Scan Settings tab.

Task

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  1. You can configure the Global Scan Settings using the following user interface consoles:
    • From the ePolicy Orchestrator console, refer to the section, Accessing the policy configuration interface to display the General Policies configuration page.
    • From the VirusScan Console, select Tools | Options and the Global Options configuration page appears.
  2. Click the Global Scan Settings tab to configure the VirusScan Enterprise scan cache option settings.
  3. Configure the following global settings for the scan cache:
    • Click Enable saving scan data across reboots — Saves the clean scan results when you reboot the system.
    • Click Allow On-Demand Scans to utilize the scan cache — Allows the on-demand scanner to use the existing clean scan results to reduce duplicate scanning.
  4. Click Save or OK, depending on your user interface console.
Related reference
Accessing the policy configuration interface