topic vscan where shall i check the options for vscan in netapp 7 mode in ONTAP Discussions

how can I find the vscan policies set in 7 mode, or to disable the virus scan for read operation

duggulaxmi — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:36:53 GMT

I want to know the existing settings for Virus scan policy

Whether it send the scan request to the scan servers for every read and write or write alone.

Where shall i find these in 7-mode

I could find documents for Cluster mode, but i couldn't find the same for 7 mode.

Also please tell me -novscanread if this option can only be enabled for read-only files??

Or is it like if i enable this on a particular CIFS share, will it discard scanning for read requests and send scan requests only upon a write ?

duggulaxmi — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:56:14 GMT

How can I determine if the virus scan is only enabled for write requests.

Whether vscan is initiated for read operations / write operaions / on access where are these settings enabled.

thanks in advance

marcusgross — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:00:42 GMT

Hi,

cifs help shares:

cifs shares -change <shareName>
{ -vscan | -novscan }
{ -vscanread | -novscanread }

It scans on read & write or on write only.

Read-only markes on files are not considered.

Marcus