Performing file system discovery

To perform discovery on a network file system:

1. Prepare your file server.
2. Create a discovery policy (see Creating a discovery policy section).
3. In the Data Security module of the Security Manager, go to the Main > Policy Management > Discovery Policies page.
4. Under Network Discovery Tasks, select Add network task > File System Task.
5. Complete the fields on the page, then click Next to start the file system discovery task wizard. See File System tasks section.
6. After completing all of the steps in the wizard, to deploy the changes, click Yes when prompted.

Discovery will take place at the scheduled time and day. To start discovery immediately, click Start. A message indicates when the scan finishes.

To view and respond to discovery results, go to the Main > Reporting > Discovery page. See Viewing the incident list section.