Add New Share/Edit Share options

Use this dialog box to add a new share to Veritas Data Insightor to edit the configuration of an existing share.

Table: Field Descriptions

Field

Descriptions

Share name

Enter the name of the share you want to add. For example, share1.

If this share belongs to a clustered filer, enter share name as fileserver@share, where, fileserver is the name of the file server within the cluster that hosts the share.

Physical path on filer

Enter the physical path of the share on the filer. For example, F:\<Share name>.

Scanning schedule

Select one of the following to define a scanning schedule:

  • Use filer's scanning schedule

  • Define custom schedule

    From the drop-down, select the appropriate frequency option.

Enable legal hold for this share

Select to preserve the activity information on the share. Selecting this option disables the deletion or archiving of access event information on the share.

See About archiving data.

See About purging data.

Parallel Scanning

  • Select the Enable parallel scanning within this share check box.

  • From the Parallel Thread Count drop-down, select the number of scan threads that you want Data Insight to run. It is recommended that you consider the number of processors while selecting the values.

    Based on your selection, Data Insight runs the scan threads:

    • Automatic: Data Insight computes the number of parallel scanner threads based on the number of processors and the amount of workload.

    • 1 or a higher value: Data Insight runs the specified number of scanner threads.

See Considerations for running a parallel scan.