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Global - Network Drives​

VisualCron is by default running as the SYSTEM account. One problem you may face is that you can't see/access your network drives. This is a restriction in Windows - that network drives are not shared between accounts.

To handle this, a way to control network drives from the system account is implemented. This enables map/disconnect network drives directly from VisualCron.

In the main menu, click on Server > Global objects > Network drives to access the interface for mapping/disconnecting.

The Network Drives window displays the configured drives in a grid with the following columns:

  • Drive — the assigned drive letter (A: – Z:)
  • Path — the UNC path the drive is mapped to
  • Connection status — an icon indicating whether the drive is currently connected
  • Controlled — whether the drive is managed by VisualCron (re‑mapped automatically on startup)
  • Credential — the Credential used to authenticate when mapping the drive

The toolbar above the grid provides the following buttons:

  • Map drive — opens the Map drive dialog described below
  • Unmap drive — disconnects the selected drive
  • Refresh — reloads the list of network drives from the Server
  • Reconnect — reconnects all drives that have been disconnected during the current VisualCron session
  • Audit log — opens the Audit log for network drives

Right‑clicking a row opens a context menu with Map drive, Unmap drive, Audit log, and Versions (view the version history of the network drive entry).

Map drive

When mapping a drive you need to specify a Credential, a user that has access to the network drives, that is either a domain user or a user on the remote server. Specify a wanted drive name and path. Path should be entered in UNC format like this: "\\servernameORip\folder\"

The Map drive dialog contains the following fields:

  • Credential — pick the Credential used to authenticate against the network share
  • Drive — a dropdown of drive letters (A: – Z:) to assign to the mapped path
  • Path — the UNC path that the drive letter should be mapped to. Click the browse button next to the field to pick a folder

Click on Map drive at the bottom of the dialog to map it. It is now controlled by VisualCron and each time VisualCron is started it tries to re-map the drives so these can be accessed after a server reboot.

Reconnect

If a drive has been disconnected during a VisualCron session you can reconnect it here.

Troubleshooting​

A specified logon session does not exist

Try disabling this policy:

The specified network password is not correct

Double check so that date and time is matching (synced) between VisualCron and server of remote share.

Multiple connections to a server or shared resoource from the same user using multiple usernames are not allowed. Disconnect all previous verbands to the server or shared resource and try again.

Try using the IP instead of the DNS name to the server.

Access denied trying to connect to IFS (AS400) share

Local Security Policy -> Local Policies –> Security Options -> Change Network security: LAN Manager authentication level to NTLMv2 session security if negotiated http://e1tips.com/2010/05/18/windows-vista-windows-7-ibm-iseries-ifs-mapped-drive/