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Exploring the appliance, Generating reports, Using policies to manage message scanning

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Exploring the appliance This section contains tasks and scenarios that show some key benefits of using a appliance to protect your gateway. To complete the tasks and scenarios, you will need some of the information that you entered in the configuration console and Setup Wizard. Tasks Generating reports Generating reports The appliance log displays event information according to the report type and period you select. The appliance's own reporting features can generate reports, or show logs, statistics, performance counters and graphs for a wide range of data about the appliance and its activities, such as memory and processor usage. For example, after you performed the steps in Testing virus detection, look at the Detections pane, select Anti-Virus Engine detections, then click Next. The log shows the EICAR test file that you detected. Task Use this task to update the appliance's DAT files and to then view the the update report. NOTE: The System Status page is displayed by default each time you log on to the appliance. 1 In the navigation pane, select System | Component Management | Update Status. 2 From the Version information and updates, click Update now for any anti-virus or anti-spam DAT file updates that you want to update. 3 Return to the navigation pane and select Reports | System reports. 4 Select Filter. 5 From Event Type:, select Updates. 6 Click Apply. Information about the updates applied to your appliance is displayed. Using policies to manage message scanning Use these tasks to demonstrate the blade server scanning features in action. It provides step-by-step instructions to create and test some sample policies and tells you how to generate applicable reports. McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 Installation Guide 43

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Exploring the appliance
This section contains tasks and scenarios that show some key benefits of using a appliance to
protect your gateway.
To complete the tasks and scenarios, you will need some of the information that you entered
in the configuration console and Setup Wizard.
Tasks
Generating reports
Generating reports
The appliance log displays event information according to the report type and period you select.
The appliance’s own reporting features can generate reports, or show logs, statistics, performance
counters and graphs for a wide range of data about the appliance and its activities, such as
memory and processor usage.
For example, after you performed the steps in
Testing virus detection
, look at the
Detections
pane, select
Anti-Virus Engine detections
, then click
Next
. The log shows the EICAR test
file that you detected.
Task
Use this task to update the appliance’s DAT files and to then view the the update report.
NOTE:
The System Status page is displayed by default each time you log on to the appliance.
1
In the navigation pane, select
System | Component Management | Update Status
.
2
From the
Version information and updates
, click
Update now
for any anti-virus or
anti-spam DAT file updates that you want to update.
3
Return to the navigation pane and select
Reports | System reports
.
4
Select
Filter
.
5
From
Event Type:
, select
Updates
.
6
Click
Apply
. Information about the updates applied to your appliance is displayed.
Using policies to manage message scanning
Use these tasks to demonstrate the blade server scanning features in action. It provides
step-by-step instructions to create and test some sample policies and tells you how to generate
applicable reports.
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