Virus scanning on storage systems comprising multiple storage servers with a plurality of file systems

A method comprising:

• determining two or more storage servers accessible to a storage system;
• and
• conducting a virus scan by iterating through the two or more storage servers to scan files stored in a plurality of file systems of the two or more storage servers;
• wherein iterating through the two or more storage servers comprises:
• selecting one of the storage servers;
• identifying the file systems provided by the selected storage server;
• committing the identified file systems to a plurality of dedicated antivirus servers coupled to the storage system through one or more dedicated interfaces;
• scanning files in the committed file systems utilizing the plurality of dedicated antivirus servers;
• and
• responsive to completing the scan of files in the committed file systems, selecting another one of the storage servers and repeating the identifying, committing and scanning;
• wherein the two or more storage servers comprise front end servers having a plurality of client devices in communication therewith through one or more networks;
• wherein the dedicated antivirus servers comprise back end antivirus servers;
• wherein committing the identified file systems is exclusive to the dedicated antivirus servers through the one or more dedicated interfaces;
• wherein scanning the files in the committed file systems utilizing the plurality of dedicated antivirus servers comprises scanning (i) files accessed by the plurality of client devices and (ii) files copied to the committed file systems without access requests by the plurality of client devices;
• wherein one or more of the files copied to the committed file systems without access requests by the plurality of client devices comprise files accumulated in the storage servers through one or more of at least one data migration and at least one data consolidation;
• and
• wherein the method is implemented using at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory causes the at least one processing device:

• to determine two or more storage servers accessible to a storage system;
• and
• to conduct a virus scan by iterating through the two or more storage servers to scan files stored in a plurality of file systems of the two or more storage servers;
• wherein iterating through the two or more storage servers comprises:
• selecting one of the storage servers;
• identifying the file systems provided by the selected storage server;
• committing the identified file systems to a plurality of dedicated antivirus servers coupled to the storage system through one or more dedicated interfaces;
• scanning files in the committed file systems utilizing the plurality of dedicated antivirus servers;
• and
• responsive to completing the scan of files in the committed file systems, selecting another one of the storage servers and repeating the identifying, committing and scanning;
• wherein the two or more storage servers comprise front end servers having a plurality of client devices in communication therewith through one or more networks;
• wherein the dedicated antivirus servers comprise back end antivirus servers;
• wherein committing the identified file systems is exclusive to the dedicated antivirus servers through the one or more dedicated interfaces;
• wherein scanning the files in the committed file systems utilizing the plurality of dedicated antivirus servers comprises scanning (i) files accessed by the plurality of client devices and (ii) files copied to the committed file systems without access requests by the plurality of client devices;
• and
• wherein one or more of the files copied to the committed file systems without access requests by the plurality of client devices comprise files accumulated in the storage servers through one or more of at least one data migration and at least one data consolidation.