Track network drives

Track network drives

Track network drives



This feature allows monitoring of file transfers between a network share and local drives (i.e. local HDD or portable storage devices)

When this feature is enabled, files that are copied between local storage to or from a network share will be tracked in the AccessPatrol dashboard.

Network share is a shared folder within a networked computer on the LAN.  They are usually identified by a folder path beginning with \\ (e.g. \\vm-101\SharedFiles)

These may also have a drive mapping to appear as drive N or M for example.

NOTE: You currently can only track “Copy” and “Created” file types with Network Drives. The “Rename”, “Deleted”, and “Save As” options are not supported.

Systems similar to network shares that are not currently supported in CurrentWare

Enabling tracking of network shares

  1. Go to Settings from the left hand menu
  2. Select AccessPatrol
  3. Navigate to Options > Tracking Options
  4. Select the checkbox beside “Enable Network Drive Tracking”


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