Drive Information

Double-click on the Drive Information icon to display and manage the local drive and drive mapping information of a computer.

Note: By default, not all columns of information are displayed. You can add or remove columns of information by right clicking on any column header and check/un-check the appropriate columns.

 

Use the Task Panel on the left to execute a task. The available drive map tasks depend on the current selection. You can also use the context sensitive menu by right-clicking on an item in the drive maps list view.

Opening a drive

To open the drive map share, simply double click on it, or select the item and click on Open in the Task Panel. You can also right click on the mouse and select Open from the context sensitive menu. The Task Panel also includes an Open command for two special shares on the remote machine, the Open Root Share command which opens the system drive root share (i.e.: C$) and the Open Admin Share command which opens the administrative share: ADMIN$.

Note: You can only open local drives if these have been shared.

Modifying a user’s network mappings

With Goverlan you can remotely manage all your users' network drive mappings. You can modify existing drive maps, remove a drive map or even add a new network drive map remotely.

Adding a network drive map to a remote user

Click on Map network drive in the Task Panel to start the Add drive map Wizard. You can also activate the Add Connection window by pressing the [Insert] key of the keyboard.

  1. Select the drive letter to be connected.  The Drive selection box will reflect the current configuration of the user’s mapping. If you select a drive which is already mapped, it will be replaced with the new mapping.

  2. Enter the server name and share name to be mapped to in the Path field. If needed, enter the DOMAINNAME\Account and password in the respective fields. Check-off Reconnect at log-on if appropriate. Then click on Add Connection.

Removing a network drive map from a remote user

Select the drive map from the list and click on Disconnect network drive in the Task Panel, or, right click on the mouse and select Disconnect network drive from the context sensitive menu.

Setting a network drive map as Persistent or Non-Persistent

From the Task Panel, select the drive map from the list and click on Reconnect at logon orDo not reconnect at logon. Otherwise, from the context sensitive menu, right click on the mouse and select Reconnect at logon orDo not reconnect at logon.

User Selection Control

If you open the Drive Information window for a Terminal Services Server machine and more than one user session is currently active, you can use the User Selection Control to switch from one user session to another. Modifications to drive mappings only apply to the currently focused user.

Reporting Drive Information

To export the drive information to a text file, click on Report Information in the Task Panel.