Sharing watch settings

To share watch folder settings between multiple Managers, use the Profile Tool. Only watchers can be transported: rules are only shown, but cannot be selected individually in the tool.

Before you import a rule to your target ShareScan Manager you need to have the assigned connector profiles/services already imported to this system. Without this, watchers cannot be imported.

Unlike connector profiles, newly imported watchers do not automatically overwrite watchers with the same name already existing on the target machine. (These imported watchers are created as new ones). To update a watcher via import, first you have to delete the current watcher (on the target machine) and then do the import.

After a successful import, your watchers need to be activated.

Watching and AutoSync

Watchers are specific to the ShareScan Manager where they are created: AutoSync does not share watcher data. The only way to transfer watch settings between different Managers is via export-import (see above).

If you are working in an Auto-Synced multi-manager environment you must enable AutoSync before creating the watchers.

Recommended workflows:

"Sync-first"

  • Turn AutoSync ON at the manager whose configuration data you want to share with the other Managers (Manager 'A').
  • Create/edit/test connector profiles on Manager 'A'. As you are completing this task, the very same connector profiles you are creating are shared across all other linked Managers (Managers 'B' and 'C'). Ensure that the connector profiles for Watching are such that do not require end-user interaction (for details, see the relevant connector help topics).
  • Create your watchers on Manager 'A'. If you chose to export them from Manager 'A' then import them to Managers 'B' and 'C'; otherwise you need to create the watchers manually on both Manager 'B' and 'C'.

"Profiles-first"

  • Create/edit/test connector profiles at the manager (Manager 'A') whose configuration data you want to share with the other Managers (Managers 'B' and 'C'). Ensure that the connector profiles for Watching are such that do not require end-user interaction.
  • Turn AutoSync ON at Manager 'A'. This will share the connector profiles to Managers 'B' and 'C'.
  • Create your watchers on Manager 'A'. If you chose to export them from Manager 'A' then import them to Managers 'B' and 'C'; otherwise you need to create the watchers manually on both Manager 'B' and 'C'.