Register Virtualization Scan Controller

You can register Virtualization Scan Controller as a Windows service. If you do this, the Virtualization Scan Controller service will:

  • Start automatically every time the computer starts.
  • Run without a user logged on.
  • Log its activity.

To register as a Windows service:

  1. Go to the computer where you have the Sophos management server.

    If you have a standalone installation, this is the computer on which Sophos Enterprise Console is installed.

  2. Type SavScanController register and press Enter.
    The service will be registered as Sophos Scan Controller and will be configured to run as Local System.
  3. If your installation of Sophos Enterprise Console prevents Local System from accessing its management server or database, or if you want to restrict the service's rights, ensure that the service can run as another user. To do this:
    1. Create a domain user account to run the Virtualization Scan Controller service. Make sure it has the Log on as a service right in the Group Policy for the domain.
    2. Edit the sub-estate settings in Sophos Enterprise Console and provide full access to the whole default estate for the user account created in step a. Assign the user to a role.
    3. Add the user account created in step a to the Sophos Console Administrators and Sophos DB Admins groups.
      In a distributed Sophos Enterprise Console installation, the Sophos Console Administrators group is on the computer where you have the Sophos management server, and the Sophos DB Admins group is on the computer where you have the Sophos management database.
    4. Make sure that the user account created in step a has read and write access to the directory where the Virtualization Scan Controller files are installed in order to write to its log files.
    5. Open Control Panel and double-click Administrative Tools. In the list of services double-click Sophos Scan Controller service. In the properties for Sophos Scan Controller service, click on the Log on tab and select This account. Click Browse and select the user account created in step a.