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Mapped Drives

User State > Mapped Drives

The Mapped Drives page creates and maintains mapped drive policies and applies them uniformly to selected machine IDs. Each managed machine can be assigned the appropriate set of mapped drives automatically, depending on the policy applied. The same policy is applied to each user on a machine, whether they are logged in or not. Applying a uniform set of mapped drives across an organization reduces user confusion over where resources are located and frees up their time for more productive tasks. It also reduces IT support calls to implement these drive mappings manually.

Note: Ensure credentialed users on target machines have access rights to the network directories being mapped to. In general, use domain administrator credentials when managing machines using User State. See Agent > Set Credential.

A machine must have the KUSM client installed using User State > Install/Remove to display on this page.

This page provides you with the following actions:

  • Schedule - Display a popup window of the following schedule options:
    • Schedule Date/Time - Select the date and time to schedule this task.
    • Recurrence - Select whether to run this task once, hourly, daily monthly. If more than once, enter the number of times to run this task for the period selected.
    • Skip if offline - Check to perform this task only at the scheduled time. If the machine is offline, skip and run the next scheduled period and time. Uncheck to perform this task as soon as the machine connects after the scheduled time.
    • Stagger by N minutes. - You can distribute the load on your network by staggering this task. If you set this parameter to 5 minutes, then the scan on each machine ID is staggered by 5 minutes. For example, machine 1 runs at 10:00, machine 2 runs at 10:05, machine 3 runs at 10:10, ...
    • Apply / Cancel - Apply or cancel these schedule options.
  • Apply Now - Apply a selected policy to selected machine IDs.
  • Cancel - Cancel schedule options for selected machined IDs.
  • Edit - Add, edit or delete an existing Mapped Drives Policy. When adding or editing a policy you can rename the policy. You must assign the policy to a specific group. To create a new policy select <Create New Mapped Drive Policy> from the policy drop-down list and click Edit.

Select All/Unselect All

Click the Select All link to check all rows on the page. Click the Unselect All link to uncheck all rows on the page.

Machine.Group ID

The list of Machine ID.Group IDs displayed is based on the Machine ID / Group ID filter and the machine groups the administrator is authorized to see using System > Group Access.

Mapped Drive Policy

The policy assigned to this machine ID.

Last Apply Time

The last time this policy was applied to this machine ID.

Skip if Machine Offline

If a checkmark displays and the machine is offline, skip and run the next scheduled period and time. If no checkmark displays, perform this task as soon as the machine connects after the scheduled time.

Next Apply Time

The next time this policy is scheduled to be applied. Displays as red text with yellow highlight if the time is past due.

Period

If recurring, displays the interval for the scheduled task to recur.