Automatic pausing of the Virus scan task can be configured only on virtual machines with Light Agent for Windows installed.
Configuring automatic pausing of the Virus Scan task in the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console
You can configure the Virus scan task to be automatically paused at a specified time.
To configure automatic pausing of the Virus Scan task in the Administration Console:
Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
Do one of the following:
Select the Managed devices folder in the console tree if you want to pause a task created for virtual machines belonging to all administration groups. In the workspace, select the Tasks tab.
In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, select the folder with the name of an administration group if you want to pause a task created for virtual machines included in this folder. In the workspace, select the Tasks tab.
Select the Tasks folder in the console tree if you want to pause a task created for one or several virtual machines.
In the list of tasks, select the virus scan task for which you want to configure automatic pausing and open the Properties: <Task name> window by double-clicking.
In the properties window of the virus scan task, select the Settings section in the list on the left.
The task settings will appear in the right part of the window.
In the Security level section, click the Settings button.
The Virus Scan window opens.
On the Additional tab, in the Pause operation section, select the By schedule check box and click the Schedule button.
The Pause operation window opens.
In the Pause task at and Resume task at fields, specify the time (in the HH:MM format) of the beginning and the end of the period during which the Virus scan task will be paused, and click OK.
Click OK in the Virus scan window.
To save changes, click the Apply button.
Configuring automatic pausing of scan tasks in the Light Agent for Windows local interface
For scan tasks, you can configure a task to be automatically paused at the specified time.
To configure automatic pausing of a scan task in the local interface:
In the left part of the window, in the Scheduled tasks section, select the subsection with the name of the relevant scan task (Full Scan, Critical Areas Scan or Custom Scan).
In the right part of the window, the settings of the selected scan task are displayed.
If some of the scan tasks do not appear in the section, this means that the policy prohibits configuration of the settings of these scan tasks for all protected virtual machines in the administration group.
In the Security level section, click the Settings button.
A window with the name of the selected scan task opens.
In the opened window, on the Additional tab, in the Pause operation section, select the By schedule check box and click the Schedule button.
The Pause operation window opens.
In the Pause task at and Resume task at fields, specify the time (in the HH:MM format) of the beginning and the end of the period during which the scan task will be paused, and click OK.