Unable to open network share with dirscan

Products

• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management for z Systems
• DX Infrastructure Management

Issue/Introduction

Attempting to monitor a PW protected network location with dirscan.

 

Cause

- Windows only

Resolution

As per the dirscan Help documentation:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/ca-unified-infrastructure-management-probes/GA/alphabetical-probe-articles/dirscan-file-and-directory-scan/dirscan-file-and-directory-scan-release-notes.html#concept.dita_81b988d36bd7ebeaf1a0b8f9dad102d5248e7da4_KnownIssues

Non-Windows remote directories cannot be monitored. (applicable to both Admin Console and Infrastructure Manager GUI).