PST Flight Deck 9.2 - Deployment Guide

Shared Scanner

The Share Scanner is a supplemental component that can be used in conjunction with a Core installation. The purpose of the Share Scanner is to enable resources such as file servers and project shares to be scanned for PST files contained on those resources. Identified files are sent to the Core server for inclusion in the PST migration project.

Installation

The Share Scanner is able to be installed via an MSI available on our FTP site. The Share Scanner should be installed with a dedicated account that would never naturally be associated with any PST files. The account will need sufficient rights on the file servers and other resources it is intended to scan. Several file servers can be associated with a single Share Scanner.

The installer for the Share Scanner includes the following components that can be installed:

To install the Share Scanner on a supported server:

1.Log into the machine where you will be installing the Share Scanner as an account with sufficient rights to perform the installation

2.Execute the Share Scanner MSI installer: SharedScanner.msi

3.Complete installer prompts providing the following information:

b.Review and accept the License Agreement

c.Select the components to be installed on the machine

d.Supply and validate the account that will be used to run the selected components

e.Provide Core server name or alias and method of communication to the server

f.Provide the UNC location for the BITS upload directory for the location the Central Upload Agent will write to

g.Select Install to begin the installation

h.Monitor the installation and select Finish once completed

Configuration

Share scanner configuration is performed by editing the config.xml file located in the specified installation location. The configuration file is fully commented with examples on how to edit the configuration. Minimally, the server section needs to be modified to reflect all project drives desired for scanning. In the example below, two source locations are shown. The Share Scanner can be used to scan dozens of source resources.

Example of <server> section configuration:

<server>

<Path>P:\</Path>

<Pattern>*.pst</Pattern>

</server>

<server>

<Path>\\FS001\d$</Path>

<Pattern>*.pst</Pattern>

</server>

When appropriately configured, the scanned results should appear in the Console shortly after they are identified.

Management Console

PST Flight Deck has a powerful GUI which grants control and reporting options for your migration called the PST Flight Deck Management Console (Management Console). With it you can manage migrations, communications to end users, and generate reports related to the progress and performance of your environment.