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Enterprise Reporter 3.2.2 - Configuration Manager User Guide

Product Overview Understanding Discoveries Creating Discoveries
Step 1. Create the Discovery Step 2. Choose what to include in your discovery (Scopes) Step 2a. Choose scopes for your discoveries
Choosing your Active Directory Scopes Choosing your Computer Scopes Choosing Your Exchange Scopes Choosing Your File Storage Analysis Scopes Choosing Your Microsoft SQL Scopes Choosing Your NTFS Scopes Choosing Your Registry Scopes
Step 2b: Choose scopes for your Office 365 discoveries Step 3. Schedule your Discovery Step 4: Review the summary
Managing Discoveries Configuring the Configuration Manager
Starting the Configuration Manager Finding Answers and Getting Help An Overview of Enterprise Reporter Communications and Credentials Required Logged In User Details Setting Up Your First Collection Computers Modifying your Deployment Improving the Performance of Your Discoveries What does the status of a node or cluster indicate? Using the Credential Manager Changing the Credentials used by the Enterprise Reporter Server Configuring Global Settings Global Discovery Settings
Troubleshooting Issues with Enterprise Reporter Appendix: PowerShell cmdlets Appendix: Encryption Key Manager Appendix: Log Viewer

File Storage Analysis Discovery: Include scopes

You can include domains, OUs, containers, individual computers, and volumes in your scope. For full information on using the browser to add scopes, see Using the Browser to Include and Exclude Scopes . You can create scopes using a dynamic query, which is resolved when the discovery is run. This gives you the flexibility to describe the computers you want to target. For more information, see Using Queries to Define Your Scopes .

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NOTE: Use caution when creating your queries. Ensure that the resulting set of targets is not too large for a single discovery. As well, query results should not include computers included in another discovery of the same type. If a target is in more than one discovery of a particular type, rejected tasks will appear. For more information, see Data Collection Issues .

To explicitly include objects in your File Storage Analysis scope

1
Click Add.
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If you have a text file containing the computers to be selected, click Import and follow the steps as outlined in Importing Computers to Your Scopes .
2
In the treeview, locate the desired object and select it.
To select multiple objects, press Ctrl during selection.
For more information, see Filtering in the Browser .
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To add a scope using a query, expand the Add to scope menu, select Add scope using a query, and click Add. For more information, see Using Queries to Define Your Scopes .
- OR -
To include a scope using a subnet, expand the Add to scope menu, select Add Subnet, and click Add. For more information, see Using Subnets to Define Your Scopes .
3
Click Include to add to your selected scopes list.
4
Click OK. 
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NOTE: When you add a domain, its child domains are not included - each domain must be explicitly added. When you add an OU or container, all children are included.

File Storage Analysis Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions

Exclusions refine the inclusions you have defined. You can do this optional step in conjunction with inclusions. For full details, see Refining Your Scope with Exclusions .

To explicitly exclude objects from your selected scope
1
Click Add.
- OR-
If you have a text file containing the computers to be selected, click Import and follow the steps as outlined in Importing Computers to Your Scopes .
2
Expand the treeview to locate the object you want to exclude.
You can press Ctrl to select multiple objects.
3
Click Exclude. 
 

File Storage Analysis Discovery: Decide what to collect from any server in the discovery

You can collect a variety of information from the computers in your discovery. The storage attributes and volume information are always collected.

The following table outlines the additional information that can be collected. Collecting additional information impacts discovery performance. Options with a high performance cost will slow discovery performance more than options with a medium or low performance cost.

 

Table 14. File Storage Analysis Discovery: Optionally collect information for the following objects
Option
Notes
Performance Cost

Shares

 

 

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Hidden Shares

If collecting shares, you can enable this option to collect hidden shares.

High

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Home Directories

If collecting shares, you can enable this option to collect home directories.

NOTE: Selecting the Home Directory option automatically collects shares (including hidden shares), regardless of the other options selected.

High

Collect NAS using Configuration

If collecting targets on NAS host devices, enable this option and configure the NAS host device. For more information, see File Storage Analysis Discovery: Configure NAS Host Devices .

Medium

•
If unable to collect volumes use shares as volumes

 

 

Files

 

Medium

Folders

 

Medium

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Follow Directory Symbolic Links

If collecting folders, you can enable this option to collect and follow directory symbolic links.

Medium

Owners

 

Medium

File Storage Analysis Discovery: Configure NAS Host Devices

If you have NAS host devices that contain targets to be collected, you must enable the collection option and add the configuration and credentials for each host device. You can optionally omit NAS host device configuration and collect shares as volumes for NAS device targets in the discovery. Use this option when volumes cannot be retrieved or do not need to be collected.

See also:

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Configuring a NAS Host Device
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File Storage Analysis Discovery: Configure NAS Host Devices
To configure a NAS host device
1
On the Scopes page of the File Storage Analysis Discovery, select Collect NAS using Configuration and click Configuration.
2
Click Add.
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Select an existing device and click Edit.
3
Select the appropriate type of device.
4
Enter the Host IP address.
For FluidFS targets, enter the IP address of the computer where Enterprise Manager is installed.
5
Enter the Host port number.
6
Click the ellipsis (...) to use the Credential Manager to enter and select the credentials required to access this device. For more information, see Using the Credential Manager .
7
Click OK to close the Credential Manager.
8
Click OK to close the NAS Configuration details.
9
Click Close to close the NAS Host Device Manager.
To delete a NAS host device
1
On the Scopes page of the File Storage Analysis Discovery, select Collect NAS using Configuration and click Configuration.
2
Select an existing device and click Delete.
3
Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
4
Click Close to close the NAS Host Device Manager.
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