Software Scan - Drive and Directory Filters

Use this dialog box to control the scanning for 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 on 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 the files in C drive on all the Windows inventoried servers or workstations, 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 files in 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 that 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 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 to scan for files in the 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 only the files in the C drive for the software information.

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 all drives on the inventoried servers or inventoried workstations. If you have configured all drives to be ignored during a scan by using the Ignore Drives filter, but now want to include a specific drive in a scan, you can identify the specific drive using 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 that 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 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 directory name.
  5. Click OK.

For example, if you do not want the Inventory scanner to scan the files in 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 files in 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 that 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 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 directory name.
  5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for files in 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 only the files in c:\program files for software information.

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 all directories on the inventoried servers or inventoried workstations. If you have configured a rule that ignores all directories during a scan by using the Ignore Directories filter, but now want to include a specific directory in a scan, you can identify the specific directory using the Scan Directories filter. The settings of the Scan Directories filter overrides the settings of the Ignore Directories and Ignore Drives filters.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to ignore 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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