Selecting computers to search

Computers that have been found on the network are listed under Personal Store Management > Computers in the Administration Console. You can select the computers that you want to search for PST files in one of the following ways:

Note:

The PST Locator task is unable to perform a hard disk search on a NetApp MultiStore (also known as vFiler). A NetApp Filer must be configured with a minimum ONTAPI Management API version of 1.4. The ONTAPI interface is the foundational API for Network Appliance products. Version 1.4 is provided with the Data ONTAP 7G software release, or later. For the latest information on supported devices and versions of software, see the Enterprise Vault Compatibility Charts at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/276547.

To exclude a computer from PST searching, edit the properties of the computer.

You can also exclude specific network shares from PST searching.

See Excluding network shares from PST migration.

To select multiple computers to search

  1. In the Administration Console expand Personal Store Management > Computers to display a list of the computers that have been found on the network.

  2. Hold down Ctrl or Shift and highlight the computers that you want to search.

  3. Right-click and select Properties on the menu.

  4. A dialog asks if you want the PST Locator task to search the selected computers. If the highlighted computers are the ones that you want to search then click Yes.

  5. In the Search column, Yes is displayed for each computer that you selected.

To edit the properties of individual computers

  1. In the Administration Console expand Personal Store Management > Computers to display a list of the computers that have been found on the network.

  2. Double-click the name of the computer that you want to include when searching for PST files. The computer properties page is displayed.

  3. To include the computer in PST searching, select Search this computer when PST Locator task runs.

    To exclude the computer from PST searching, clear the option checkbox.

  4. If the computer is a NetApp Filer, click the Settings tab and check that This computer is a NetApp Filer is selected.

    This setting is selected automatically when the PST Locator task adds a NetApp Filer. However, if the computer was unavailable when found by the PST Locator task, or was added by the task before Enterprise Vault 7.0 was installed, it is not selected automatically.

  5. Click OK to close the properties.