Disk Usage Scan - Drive and Directory Filters

Use this dialog box to control the disk usage scanning of the software files located in specified drives and directories by configuring the following filters:

Ignore Drives
Use this table to specify the drives that should not be scanned for disk usage at the inventoried servers or workstations.

By default, the Novell® ZENworks® software dictionary scans all drives.

  1. In the Ignore Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.
  2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.
  3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried servers or workstations.

    NOTE: If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

  4. Specify a drive name.
  5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan for the disk usage of C drive on all the Windows* inventoried servers or workstation, configure the following settings in the Ignore Drives table:

"Pattern Type = System expandable expression; Platform = Windows; Drive = C"

The Inventory scanner does not scan the disk usage of files on the C drive.

NOTE: The table might contain inherited rules. An inherited rule is an entry in the software dictionary which is obtained from another Inventory server through the dictionary distribution. You cannot edit or delete these rules. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of the Inventory server with ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later installed.

To delete an entry from the Ignore Drives table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Scan Drives
Use this table to specify the drives whose disk usage should be scanned for at the inventoried servers or workstations.

  1. In the Scan Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.
  2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.
  3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried serves or workstations.

    NOTE: If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

  4. Specify a drive name.
  5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for the disk usage of C drive on all the Windows inventoried servers or workstations, configure the following settings in the Scan Drives table:

"Pattern Type = System expandable expression; Platform = Windows; Drive = C"

You must also configure the following settings in the Ignore Drives table:

"Pattern Type = System expandable expression; Platform = Windows; Drive = *"

The Inventory scanner scans and stores the disk usage of the files in the C drive into the Inventory database.

NOTE: The table might contain inherited rules. An inherited rule is an entry in the software dictionary which is obtained from another Inventory server through the dictionary distribution. You cannot edit or delete these rules. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of the Inventory server with ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later installed.

To delete an entry from the Scan Drives table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

NOTE: By default, the Inventory scanner scans the disk usage of all drives on the inventoried servers or inventoried workstations. If you have configured all drives to be ignored during a disk usage scan using the Ignore Drives filter, but now want to include a specific drive in the scan, identify the specific drive in the Scan Drives filter. The settings of the Scan Drives filter override the settings of the Ignore Drives filter.

Ignore Directories
Use this table to specify the directories whose disk usage should not be scanned for at the inventoried servers or workstations.

By default, the Inventory scanner scans all directories.

  1. In the Ignore Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.
  2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.
  3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried serves or workstations.

    NOTE: If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

  4. Specify a directory name.
  5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan for the disk usage of the c:\program files directory on all the Windows inventoried servers or workstations, configure the following settings in the Ignore Directories table:

"Pattern Type = System expandable expression; Platform = Windows; Directory = c:\program files"

The Inventory scanner does not scan for the disk usage of c:\program files.

NOTE: The table might contain inherited rules. An inherited rule is an entry in the software dictionary which is obtained from another Inventory server through the dictionary distribution. You cannot edit or delete these rules. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of the Inventory server with ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later installed.

To delete an entry from the Ignore Directories table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Scan Directories
Use this table to specify the directories whose disk usage should be scanned for at the inventoried servers or workstations.

  1. In the Scan Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.
  2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.
  3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried serves or workstations.

    NOTE: If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

  4. Specify a directory name.
  5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for disk usage of the c:\program files directory on all the Windows inventoried servers or workstations, configure the following settings in the Scan Directories table:

"Pattern Type = System expandable expression; Platform = Windows; Directory = c:\program files"

You must also configure the following settings in the Ignore Directories table:

"Pattern Type = System expandable expression; Platform = Windows; Directory = *"

The Inventory scanner scans and stores only disk usage of files in c:\program files into the Inventory database.

NOTE: The table might contain inherited rules. An inherited rule is an entry in the software dictionary which is obtained from another Inventory server through the dictionary distribution. You cannot edit or delete these rules. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of the Inventory server with ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later installed.

To delete an entry from the Scan Directories table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

NOTE: By default, the Inventory scanner scans the disk usage of all directories on the inventoried servers or inventoried workstations. If you have configured all directories to be ignored during a disk usage scan using the Ignore Directories filter, but now want to include a specific directory in scan, identify the specific directory in the Scan Directories filter. The settings of the Scan Directories filter override the settings of the Ignore Directories and Ignore Drives filters.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to ignore the disk usage of all files and directories in C: except for the c:\program files directory on Windows inventoried servers or inventoried workstations, configure the following filters as shown below:

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