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Scheduled scanning created via Policy Manager Console does not change the scheduled scanning setting in the local Client Security or Server Security user interface

Issue:

After creating a scheduled scanning via the Policy Manager Console's Manual scanning > Scheduled scanning settings table and distributing the policy to the hosts, this does not change the scheduling setting for scheduled scanning in the local Client Security or Server Security Scanning settings page. The created task is not shown / visible at all in the local client settings.

Does the scheduled scanning task work even if it is not visible on the Scanning settings page in the local user interface? 

Resolution:

The Scheduled scanning settings page in the local user interface for Client Security and Server Security is meant for locally scheduling and it is a separate setting compared to the Scheduled scanning task that can be distributed as a policy from the Policy Manager Console.

The scanning tasks created as a policy from Policy Manager Console wont be visible in the local client user interface, but they can be checked from the Windows Task Scheduler. 

  1. Search for and open Task Scheduler on the Windows host
  2. Open the Task Scheduled Library folder from the left side of the application
  3. Check the table for a Scheduled Task created by Author F-Secure Corporation

If you can see a Scheduled Task matching the one created as a policy from the Policy Manager Console, then the task has been created successfully.