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Adding a Microsoft Windows Server Application

In order to integrate with Windows File Server, we must first create an application entry in File Access Manager. This entry includes the identification, connection details, and other parameters necessary to create the link.

To add an application, use the New Application Wizard.

  1. Go to Admin > Applications.
  2. Select Add New to open the wizard.

Select Wizard Type

  1. Select Standard Application
  2. Select Next to open the General Details page.

General Details

  • Application Type- Windows File Server (Agent)
  • Application Name- Logical name of the application
  • Description - Description of the application

  • Tags - Select tags for the application from the dropdown menu, and / or type a new name, and press Enter to create a new tag. The dropdown list of tags filters out matching tags as you type and displays up to 50 tags.

    Note

    The tags replace the Logical container field that was used when creating applications in releases before 8.2.

Event Manager Server

This option is available if there are more than one event manager servers configured in the system.

Select an event manager from the drop down menu.

Identity Collector

Select from the Identity Collector dropdown menu.

  • You can create identity collectors in the administrative client. Applications > Configuration > Permissions Management > Identity Collectors.
  • If adding a new identity collector, select the Refresh button to update the Identity Collector dropdown list.

Select Next to open the Connection Details page.

Connection Details

  • Server Name - Name of the server which is monitored
  • Domain Name - Credentials which will be used by the Permission Collector, Crawler, and Data Classifications
  • Username - Credentials which will be used by the Permission Collector, Crawler, and Data Classifications
  • Password - Credentials which will be used by the Permission Collector, Crawler, and Data Classifications
  • Is Cluster Mode - Click this checkbox to configure the Windows servers as a cluster.
  • Cluster Nodes - This option is available for cluster mode only. Click the button to type in physical cluster nodes to the dropdown list. This will create multiple XML configuration files, one for each physical node in the cluster.

Type in a cluster node, and select the + icon to add this item to the list

To delete an item from the list, select the Delete icon on the line.

Select Next.