Available from
9.2.29.
By default, symbolic links and junctions (reparse points) are not
scanned. To discover software that is installed in such locations, enable their
scanning.
About this task
- When you enable scanning of symbolic links and junctions, both local and remote drives are
scanned. It might significantly increase duration of the software scan.
- The scan does not detect infinite loops. As a results, the scan might last forever and fill up
system resources. Ensure that there are no infinite loops.
Procedure
- Log in to the computer on which you want to enable scanning of
symbolic links.
- Open the command line as Administrator, and run the following
command.
"<scanner_directory>\cit\bin\wscancfg" -s fscanner.scanReparsePoints true
Where
<scanner_directory> is the scanner installation directory.
- To verify that scanning of reparse points was enabled, run the following
command.
"<scanner_directory>\cit\bin\wscancfg" -g fscanner.scanReparsePoints
If
the output of the command is
key fscanner.scanReparsePoints=true, scanning was
enabled.
- Wait for the scheduled software scan or start it manually by running the
run_sw_and_pack.sh or run_sw_and_pack.bat
script.
Results
Results of the next software scan that are imported to License Metric Tool contain information about software that is
installed under symbolic links or junctions.