About tasks

The following tasks are available for Kaspersky Security:

• Full Scan task for virtual machines. This task lets you run a virus scan on the files of all virtual machines in your virtual infrastructure.
• Custom Scan task for virtual machines. This task lets you run a virus scan on the files of those virtual machines that you specified in the task settings. You can specify individual virtual machines or VMware virtual infrastructure objects of a higher level of the hierarchy.

Tasks are created by using the Wizard, which is started by clicking the New task button located in the workspace of the Managed devices folder on the Tasks tab.

You can change the settings of a task after its creation in the task properties window.

To edit the settings of a task:

1. In the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console, select the Managed devices folder.
2. In the workspace, select the Tasks tab.
3. In the list of tasks, select the task and open the Properties: <Task name> window in one of the following ways:
   • By double-clicking.
   • Right-click to bring up the context menu of the task and select Settings.
4. Edit the task settings.
5. To save changes, click the Apply button or the OK button in the Properties: <Task name> window.

Regardless of the selected task run mode, you can start or stop the task at any time.

To start or stop a task:

1. In the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console, select the Managed devices folder.
2. In the workspace, select the Tasks tab.
3. In the list of tasks, select the task that you want to start or stop.
4. Do one of the following:
   • If you want to start the task, right-click to open the context menu and select Run.
   • If you want to stop the task, right-click to open the context menu and select Stop.

Information about the progress and results of the task can be viewed in the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console in one of the following ways:

• In the Task results window. The window can be opened by selecting the Results item in the task context menu.
• In the list of events that Kaspersky Security sends to Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server. You can view the event lists on the Events tab in the workspace of the Administration Server <Server name> node. Information on the Events tab is presented as event selections. Each selection includes only events of a specific type. The list displays events from the selection that is currently specified in the Event selections drop-down list. To display a list of the selection events, click the Run selection button. To refresh the list, click the Refresh link.

You can also perform the following actions with tasks:

• Copy tasks from one folder or administration group into another.
• Export tasks to a file and import tasks from a file.
• Convert tasks from the previous version of the application.
• Delete tasks.

For more information about managing tasks, see Kaspersky Security Center documentation.