Excluding directories from being scanned (BigFix scenario)

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Excluding some directories from scanning is useful if the directories are large and contain no information that is important to the software inventory. By excluding them, you can speed up the scanning process. Some directories are excluded from software scans by default. They must remain excluded to ensure accuracy of data. You can add or remove other directories from the list by using tasks in the BigFix® console. You can also manually add them to the scanner files on particular endpoints.

Tip:

Check how long the software scan lasts on each computer. If the scan is very long, it might indicate that some of the directories on this computer can be excluded from scanning. For example, because they contain software installation images or other file repositories not related to IBM software.

To check the scan length, activate the Software Scan Status analysis, and see the Total Time column.

Note: By default, all automounted file systems (mounted via AutoFS) are treated as a remote disks. Because of that those file systems are excluded from software scans unless scanning of remote shared disks is enabled.

Directories that are excluded by default

By default, the following directories are excluded from software scans. Ensure that you do not remove them from the list. It might lead to untested and unsupported results in License Metric Tool.

AIX

/proc
*/tmp
*/eznim
*/unicore/lib/*
*/perl/lib/*
*/perl5/*
/usr/src/kernels/*
/var/opt/BESClient/LMT/CIT/docker/images
/var/lib/docker

Solaris

/proc
*/tmp
*/eznim
*/unicore/lib/*
*/perl/lib/*
*/perl5/*
/usr/src/kernels/*
/var/spool/pkg
/var/opt/BESClient/LMT/CIT/docker/images
/var/lib/docker

UNIX

/proc
*/tmp
*/eznim
*/unicore/lib/*
*/perl/lib/*
*/perl5/*
/usr/src/kernels/*
/var/opt/BESClient/LMT/CIT/docker/images
*/work/docker_scan/images
/var/lib/docker

Windows

?:/System Volume Information
?:/$Recycle.Bin
?:/RECYCLER
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/System32
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/SysWOW64
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/winsxs
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/ServicePackFiles
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/installer
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/$NtUninstall
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/$NtServicePackUninstall*$
%CSIDL_WINDOWS%/$hf_mig$
*/tmp
*/temp
*/cache/out-of-date
*/Temporary Internet Files