Use the commands in this section to generate a consolidated Malware Activity report.
Note
Before a report can be generated and sent through email, ensure that the SMTP server or domain is configured. You must also specify the email address of the report recipient. For details about configuring these report settings, see the Network Security System Administration Guide.
Enable the CLI configuration mode.
hostname > enable hostname # configure terminal
Specify a Malware Activity report.
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity
Specify an output format for the report.
To write the report to an Adobe PDF file:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format pdf
To write the report to a CSV file:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format csv
To write the report to Adobe Acrobat PDF and CSV files:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format both
Specify the time period for this report.
To specify for 1 hour:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format <report_format> time_frame past_hour
To specify for the past day:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format <report_format> time_frame past_day
To specify for the past week:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format <report_format> time_frame past_week
To specify for the past month:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format <report_format> time_frame past_month
To specify the range between the start and end dates:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format <report_format> time_frame between start_date yyyy/mm/dd start_time hh:mm:ss end_date yyyy/mm/dd end_time hh:mm:ss
Specify the delivery method for the report. The default delivery is email.
To deliver the report through email, enter:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format <report_format> time_frame <time_frame> transport email
To deliver the report as a file, enter:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format <report_format> time_frame <time_frame> transport file
The following example shows how to deliver a Malware Activity report as a .csv file covering the past month:
hostname (config) # report generate type malware_activity report_format csv time_frame past_month transport file
Execute report command. Check email or WebUI for report.