Configuring Asset Management › Collect Tasks › File Scan › Create, Configure, and Schedule a File Scan

Create, Configure, and Schedule a File Scan

File scan collect tasks collect the folder and drive information from the agent computer's hard disk and displays it under File Explorer

To create, configure, and schedule a file scan

1. Navigate to the Collect Tasks folder at the asset or group level and click New.

   The Select New Collect Task Type dialog appears.

2. Select the collect task type and click OK.

   The Schedule New Collect Task dialog appears.

3. Enter a unique name for the collect task and click Set Scheduling.

   The Scheduling Options dialog appears.

4. Specify the scheduling options and click OK.

   The Scheduling Options dialog closes and the Schedule new Collect Task dialog appears.

5. Select the Windows Settings tab and select the file types, folders, or drives you want to scan on a windows agent.

   The task in the following illustration is configured to collect all the executable files (.exe, .dll, .bat) in Drive C ignoring the empty directories.

   

6. Select the Unix Settings tab and select the file types, folders, or drives you want to scan on a Unix/Linux agents and click OK.

   The task in the following illustration is configured to collect all the executable files, ignoring empty, network, and user login directories.

   

   Note: File scan cannot retrieve files from directories for which the user is denied access to. On Windows, if the asset management agent is configured to file scan a network drive, the agent must be installed to run under the same user account that maps the network drive.

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