Configuring scanned shares
After you have run a Share Discovery process, a share list is generated with the credentials to connect to each share. Discovered shares are automatically enabled or disabled depending on if they are already included in other shares or if a connection cannot be established.
Each subsequent Share Discovery process that is run will add newly discovered shares to this Discovered Share list. You can manually remove specific shares from this list manually.
NOTE: The Clean shares list option (from the Share Discovery Wizard) applies only to shares with a ‘Scanned Size’ of “0” from the last Scan Shares process.
The scan process is applied to the list of shares found by the discovery process. The discovery process automatically disables shares in the following scenarios:
• If the share is covered by other shares.
• If not enough credentials were provided to retrieve all necessary information from the share.
• If the share is not supposed to be scanned. For example, read-only media such as a DVD.
NOTE: You can manually change the status from enabled to disabled or vice versa.
By default, the credentials used to discover the share are also set as the scan credentials for that share by the discovery process. However, the credentials used for scanning can be changed for particular shares from DS-User.
The scanning of a share to follow a reparse point (Microsoft Windows only) is configurable from DS-User.
To speed up the scanning process, you can configure the system to skip files that are smaller than a specific size. The number of scanning threads is also configurable to provide scalability.
The scan process can be scheduled or started on demand. The best practice is to schedule it to run several times over a period, such as a few weeks, to get more accurate statistical information on data growth and changes. This helps with the estimation of storage and other requirements before going into production.
To edit the scan settings:
1. On the Tools menu, point to LAN Storage Discovery, and then click Scan Shares.
2. In the Scan Share dialog box, click Share List.
3. In the Share List dialog box, you enable and disable shares on the LAN to scan. Click Close to exit this dialog box.
4. Click Scan to perform a scan on demand, or use a new or existing schedule to automate scanning.
NOTE: The first scan processes all shares. In subsequent scans, you can disable/enable shares based on your requirements. For example, if you want to do a quick scan of only one share.