Configure Network Shares for Multi-Server

If you have not already done so, use Windows Explorer to configure the network share drives used by your central servers.

There are two such shares required when you install the web application server on a separate server:

• The data import directory used for handing off any content imported through the web interface of FlexNet Manager Suite (such as one-off inventory spreadsheets) to the batch server for processing (default value: %ProgramData%\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\DataImport\). It may be on any of your central servers, as convenient in your implementation; and it may be on any drive and any file path. You must configure the share manually in Microsoft Windows.
• The parallel data export folder used to stage data for integration with other systems. This is typically located as a peer of the above (default value: %ProgramData%\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\DataExport\).

You may implement these shares as you see fit.

For added security, you may set up these shares so that they are available to the minimum number of accounts (rather than open to all). From the process of setting up accounts, you are already acquainted with the Active Directory security group FNMS Administrators, which minimally contains the operational service account (suggested: svc-flexnet), the installing administrator account (suggested: fnms-admin), and any accounts with interactive logins to any of your central servers. If you wish, you can restrict these network shares so that they are open only to members of FNMS Administrators, with the group providing full control for both daily operations and any required maintenance/troubleshooting.