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VX Search File Search Solution Flexense Ltd.

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User Manual

Version 6.1

Feb 2014

www.vxsearch.com

[email protected] Ltd.

VX SearchFILE SEARCH SOLUTION


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1 Product Overview................................................................................................42 VX Search Product Versions ................................................................................6 Usin! "es#to$ Product Versions .........................................................................%

3.1 Product nstallation Procedure .............................................................................!3.2 Searchin" Files in #is$s or #irectories...................................................................%3.3 Searchin" Files &' (ate"or'.................................................................................)3.* Searchin" Files &' +ame ...................................................................................1,3.- Searchin" Files &' Sie .....................................................................................1,3./ Searchin" Files &' #ate.....................................................................................113.! Searchin" Files &' 0ext Patterns.........................................................................123.% Searchin" Files &' inar' Patterns......................................................................123.) Searchin" Files &' File ttri&utes........................................................................133.1, Searchin" Files &' ser .....................................................................................1*3.11 Searchin" 4P56 ima"es &' 5XF ta"s ..................................................................1*3.12 Searchin" Files sin" 7e"ular 5x8ressions...........................................................1-3.13 sin" 9ulti:Level File Search 7ules.....................................................................1/3.1* Showin" (ate"ories and Statistics (harts ............................................................1!3.1- (ate"oriin" and Filterin" File Search 7esults ......................................................1%3.1/ Showin" File Search 7esults ser +ames.............................................................1)3.1! (ate"oriin" and Filterin" File Search 7esults &' ser +ame..................................2,3.1% Performin" File 9ana"ement ;8erations .............................................................213.1) Savin" File Search 7e8orts ................................................................................223.2, 5x8ortin" P#F 7e8orts ......................................................................................233.21 5x8ortin" File Search 7esults to 5xcel #atasheets ................................................2*3.22 (ustomiin" File Search 7e8orts ........................................................................2-3.23 5x8ortin" File Search 7esults to an S


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*.1! sin" 9ulti:Level File Search 7ules...................................................................../1*.1% 5xcludin" #irectories from the File Search Process .............................................../2*.1) 7eviewin" File Search 7esults ............................................................................/3*.2, File Search 7e8orts.........................................................................................../-*.21 utomatic File Search ctions ............................................................................/!*.22 Periodic File Search ;8erations ........................................................................../%*.23 Searchin" Files in +etwor$ Shares....................................................................../)*.2* (onfi"urin" VX Search Server ............................................................................!,*.2- (onfi"urin" (ustom ser +ame and Password .....................................................!,*.2/ (onfi"urin" (ustom Server Ports........................................................................!1*.2! (onfi"urin" 5:9ail +otifications..........................................................................!1*.2% (onfi"urin" S


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1 Product OverviewVX Search is an automated? rule:&ased file search solution allowin" one to search files &' thefile t'8e? cate"or'? extension? file name? file sie? location? creation? modification and lastaccess dates? re"ular ex8ressions? user name? file attri&utes? &inar' and text 8atterns? 4P565XF ta"s? etc.

0he user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' to cate"orie and filter file search results? 8erform filemana"ement o8erations? "enerate various t'8es of 8ie and &ars charts? save re8orts to anum&er of standard formats such as 09L? P#F? text? 5xcel (SV? X9L and ex8ort search

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2 VX Search Product VersionsFeatures Free Pro Ulti*ate Server

9aximum +um&er of Files -,,B -9 -,9 nlimited

9aximum Stora"e (a8acit' 20 2,0 2,,0 nlimited

9aximum +um&er of n8ut #irectories 1, 2, 1,, nlimited

9aximum +um&er of Search Profiles 3 1, 1,, nlimited

9ulti8le 0'8es of File Search 7ules Ces Ces Ces Ces

File 9ana"ement ;8erations on 7esults Ces Ces Ces Ces

Su88ort for nicode File +ames Ces Ces Ces Ces

Su88ort for Lon" File +ames Ces Ces Ces Ces

Su88ort for +( +etwor$ Path +ames Ces Ces Ces Ces

Su88ort for (Ls and Securit' ttri&utes +o Ces Ces Ces

Su88ort for S'stem 0ra' con +o Ces Ces Ces

ierarchical? 9ulti:Level File Search 7ules +o Ces Ces Ces

09L? P#F? 0ext? 5xcel (SV and X9L 7e8orts +o Ces Ces Ces

VX Search +ative 7e8orts +o Ces Ces Ces

9ulti:0hreaded File Search +o Ces Ces Ces

Performance 0unin" ;8tions +o Ces Ces Ces

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. Searchin! Files b /ate!or;ne of the most 8owerful ca8a&ilities of VX Search is the a&ilit' to search files &' the file t'8e

or cate"or' usin" an extensive set of file classification 8lu"ins ca8a&le of reco"niin" morethan 2-,, t'8es of files. n order to search files related to a cate"or'? select the GSearch Files(ate"oried sG file matchin" rule and 8ress the GSelectG &utton to select an a88ro8riate file

cate"or'.

ll file cate"ories are or"anied into a lo"ical hierarch' with multi8le su&cate"ories? "rou8sand file classes. Select a file classification 8lu"in and &rowse the hierarch' of file cate"ories toselect an a88ro8riate file t'8e. For exam8le? select the Gma"es? Pictures and 6ra8hic FilesG

cate"or' to find all t'8es of ima"es and 8icture files. 0his is es8eciall' useful when the user

needs to find multi8le t'8es of files? &ut does not $now all the re>uired file extensions.

f the selected file cate"or' contains a num&er of su&cate"ories? files related to an' of theselected su&cate"ories will &e dis8la'ed in the search results. num&er of file cate"ories ma'&e added usin" multi8le file matchin" rules com&ined with a lo"ical H+#? ;7I o8erator.Finall'? 8ower com8uter users and 0 administrators ma' desi"n custom file classification8lu"ins with user:s8ecific file cate"ories and hierarchies usin" a sim8le X9L:&ased format anduse these custom file cate"ories in file search o8erations.


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.4 Searchin! Files b a*eVX Search allows one to search files &' the file name? location? extension? full file name

includin" the full 8ath? the name of the director' without the 8ath and file name and the filename without extension. 0here are a num&er of 8ositive and ne"ative 8attern matchin"o8erators 8rovidin" the user with the a&ilit' to match text 8atterns located at different 8laces

of the file name and allowin" one to define 8recise file matchin" rules.

.' Searchin! Files b Sie0he user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' to search files &' the file sie usin" multi8le com8arison

o8erators and sie units. 0his file matchin" rule is ver' useful when com&ined with filecate"ories to search files matchin" multi8le different criteria.

For exam8le? VX Search allows one to find all 8ictures and ima"es with the file sie "reaterthan X 9. 0he sie:&ased file matchin" rule ma' &e com&ined with other t'8es of filematchin" rules allowin" one to find files exactl' matchin" user needs and re>uirements.


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.6 Searchin! Files b "ateVX Search 8rovides two sets of file matchin" rules allowin" one to search files &' the creation?

modification and last access dates. 0he fist set of time:&ased file matchin" rules wor$s withrelative time 8eriods and 8rovides the a&ilit' to find files that were created? modified or lastaccessed durin" X da's? wee$s? months or 'ears.

0he relative time:&ased rules are useful when the user needs sta&le time 8eriods not chan"in"and $ee8in" valid as the time 8asses on. file matchin" rule searchin" files that weremodified durin" the last ! da's is alwa's valid disre"ardin" of the current date.

Sometimes? when the user needs to find files that were created? modified or last accessed

durin" ver' s8ecific dates? relative time 8eriods are not "ood. For these cases? VX Search8rovides a&solute date:&ased file matchin" rules? which are allowin" one to define exact datesor date ran"es to search for.


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.% Searchin! Files b e)t PatternsVX Search 8rovides a file matchin" rule ca8a&le of searchin" files containin" or not containin"

a user:s8ecified text 8attern. n order to match files &' a text 8attern? select the GSearch Files(ontainin" 0extG file matchin" rule? select an a88ro8riate text matchin" o8erator and enter atext 8attern to search for.

.& Searchin! Files b 3inar PatternsPower com8uter users and 0 administrators are 8rovided with a &inar' 8attern file matchin"rule? which is ca8a&le of searchin" files &' &inar' 8atterns located at s8ecific 8laces inside offiles. n order to add a &inar' file matchin" rule? select the GSearch Files (ontainin" 5X

PatternG rule? select an a88ro8riate 8attern matchin" o8erator? enter the 5X 8attern to search

for and enter the 8osition inside of the file where the &inar' 8attern should &e found at.

0he &inar' 8attern file matchin" rule is ver' useful when the user needs to detect s8ecific fileformats containin" format:s8ecific si"nature 8atterns at desi"nated 8ositions. 9ulti8le &inar'8attern rules ma' &e com&ined with lo"ical o8erators to detect files containin" multi8le8atterns at different 8ositions. 0he 8attern should &e s8ecified as a strin" of 5X characterswith two characters 8er &'te delimited with the s8ace character. 0he 8osition should &es8ecified as an a&solute offset from the &e"innin" of the file.


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. Searchin! Files b File (ttributesSometimes? it ma' &e re>uired to search files &' file attri&utes. For these 8ur8oses? VX Search

8rovides the file attri&utes file matchin" rule. Select the GSearch Files =ith the File ttri&utesGfile matchin" rule? select an a88ro8riate attri&ute matchin" o8erator and 8ress the GSelectG&utton to select the attri&utes to &e chec$ed.

;n the attri&utes select dialo"? chec$ all the attri&utes that should &e tested and 8ress theG;$G &utton. =hen the o8erator is set to Gavin" ttri&utesG? VX Search will search files havin"all the selected file attri&utes. ;therwise? VX Search will search files havin" none of theselected file attri&utes.

0he ne"ative o8erator is es8eciall' useful when the user needs to find all files related to a

s8ecific file cate"or'? &ut s$i8 all 8rotected s'stem and hidden files. 0he attri&utes filematchin" rule ma' &e com&ined with other t'8es of file matchin" rules allowin" one to8recisel' select the re>uired files.


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.10Searchin! Files b UserPower com8uter users and 0 administrators are 8rovided with the a&ilit' to search files &' the

user name. Select the GSearch Files =ith the ser +ameG file matchin" rule? select ana88ro8riate text matchin" o8erator and enter the user name to search for.

0he entered text 8attern is case insensitive and it ma' &e matched exactl' or at different8laces inside of the user name usin" different t'8es of the text matchin" o8erator.

.11Searchin! 5P7 i*a!es b X-F ta!sll 4P56 ima"es include a set of 5XF ta"s containin" various information a&out the cameraand the ima"in" mode used to ta$e the 8icture. n addition? the 5XF ta"s ma' contain custom

fields with 8ro8rietar' information related to the su&Eect dis8la'ed in the 8icture. VX Searchallows one to search 4P56 ima"es usin" standard and custom 4P56 5XF ta"s.

n order to search 4P56 ima"es &' 5XF ta"s? select the GSearch 4P56 ma"es =ith 5XF 0a"Gfile matchin" rule? select the ta" to &e chec$ed? select an a88ro8riate text matchin" o8eratorand enter a text or numeric value to search for.


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.12Searchin! Files Usin! 8e!ular )$ressions7e"ular ex8ressions 8rovide a flexi&le and 8owerful wa' to match text 8atterns in file names

and directories. VX Search 8rovides 7e"5x 8attern matchin" o8erators for the file namesearch rule and the file 8ath search rule.

n order to search files usin" a re"ular ex8ression? select the GFile +ameG file matchin" rule?

select the G7e"5xG 8attern matchin" o8erator and enter a re"ular ex8ression that should &ematched. For exam8le? the GJ.H4P6K9PKP+6IG re"ular ex8ression will match all 4P6? 9P andP+6 ima"e files.

7e"ular ex8ressions ma' &e com&ined with other t'8es of file matchin" rules allowin" one tomatch a ver' s8ecific set of files. n addition to the a&ilit' to match files usin" re"ularex8ressions? VX Search allows one to exclude files usin" re"ular ex8ressions. For exam8le? inorder to search all 8ro"rams and executa&le files while excludin" files located in the =indowsdirector'? use the re"ular ex8ression GMHNO(JJ=+#;=SIG a88lied to the GFull PathG filematchin" rule.


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.1Usin! Multi9+evel File Search 8ulesSometimes? it ma' &e re>uired to define multi:level? hierarchical file matchin" rules. For

exam8le? letGs assume that we need to find files related to multi8le file cate"ories that weremodified toda'. n order to define such a rule? o8en the advanced search o8tions dialo"? 8ressthe ri"ht mouse &utton over the list of file matchin" rules and select the Gdd +ested 7ule ListG

menu item.

;n the nested rules dialo"? add all the re>uired file cate"ories? select the G;7G lo"ical o8eratorand 8ress the G;BG &utton. ;n the advanced search dialo"? 8ress the GddG &utton? add thetime:&ased file matchin" rule to find files that were modified toda' and select the G+#G lo"ical

o8erator.

0he nested rule list will match all the re>uired file cate"ories? while the time:&ased to8 levelfile matchin" rule will select files that were modified toda'. VX Search 8rovides a full' scala&lerule:&ased model with an unlimited num&er of nested levels allowin" one to define

so8histicated multi:level file matchin" rules ca8a&le of 8recisel' searchin" the re>uired files.

n addition? 8ower com8uter users and 0 administrators are 8rovided with an X9L:asedformat allowin" one to define custom file classifications 8lu"ins and com8lex search >ueries?which ma' executed usin" the VX Search command line utilit'. Finall'? the command lineutilit' ma' &e used to execute automated 8eriodic file search o8erations? "enerate re8orts?su&mit search results to an S


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.14Showin! /ate!ories and Statistics /harts0he &ottom 8art of the main VX Search 6 a88lication shows file cate"ories and allows one to

filter search results &' one or more file cate"ories. 0he user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' tocate"orie search results &' the file extension? sie? creation? modification and last accesstime? file t'8e and the user name. se the cate"ories com&o &ox to select an a88ro8riate

cate"oriation mode.

n addition to the statistics dis8la'ed in the file cate"ories 8ane? VX Search allows one to"enerate various t'8es of 8ie and &ars charts. n order to show a chart for the currentl'

dis8la'ed file cate"ories? 8ress the G(hartsG &utton located on the main tool&ar.

0he charts dialo" shows the currentl' selected file cate"ories and allows one to chan"e thechartGs title and footer? co8' the chartGs ima"e to the cli8&oard or 8rint the chart ma$in" it

ver' sim8le to inte"rate VX Search charts into userGs custom re8orts and documents.


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.1'/ate!oriin! and Filterin! File Search 8esultsnother advanced feature 8rovided &' VX Search is the a&ilit' to cate"orie and filter search

results &' one or more of second:level file cate"ories. For exam8le? letGs assume that we havesearched for all 8ictures and ima"e files in a com8uter. 0he to8 8ane of the VX Search main6 a88lication shows the file search results and the &ottom 8ane shows file cate"ories.

Select one or more file cate"ories in the &ottom 8ane? 8ress the ri"ht mouse &utton and selectthe G88l' FiltersG menu item. VX Search will filter the search results and show files matchin"

the selected file cate"ories.

+ow? the user can ex8ort re8orts andAor 8erform file mana"ement o8erations? such as fileco8'? move or delete? on files matchin" the selected file cate"ories. n order to clear theselected file cate"ories 8ress the G(learG &utton located on the ri"ht side of the cate"ories

8ro"ress &ar.


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.1%/ate!oriin! and Filterin! File Search 8esults b User a*eVX Search allows one to cate"orie and filter file search results &' the user name. n order to

cate"orie file search results &' the user name? o8en the file search o8tions dialo"? select theG6eneralG ta&? select the o8tion to GProcess and Show Files ser +amesG and start the filesearch o8eration. =hen the file search o8eration will &e com8leted? set the G(ate"orie &'

ser +ameG file cate"oriation mode.

0he file cate"ories view will show all user names? the num&er of file search results 8er userand the amount of dis$ s8ace 8er user. n order to ex8ort user names and dis8la'ed statisticsto a 8ie chart or &ars chart? 8ress the G(hartsG &utton? select an a88ro8riate chart t'8e and

8ress the G(o8' 0o (li8&oardG &utton. n order to ex8ort user names and statistics to a re8ortfile? 8ress the GSaveG &utton and select an a88ro8riate re8ort format.

Sometimes? it ma' &e re>uired to "enerate multi8le re8orts with each one listin" files relatedto a s8ecific user or 8erform a file mana"ement o8eration on files related to a s8ecific user. nthis case? select the re>uired user name in the file cate"ories view? 8ress the ri"ht mouse

&utton and select the G88l' FiltersG menu item. VX Search will filter files related to theselected user and all re8orts and file mana"ement o8erations will &e 8erformed on files relatedto the selected user.


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.1&Per:or*in! File Mana!e*ent O$erationsVX Search allows one to 8erform file mana"ement o8erations? such as file co8'? move or

delete? on file search results. For exam8le? in order to co8' one or more files dis8la'ed in thesearch results view? select the files in the results view? 8ress the ri"ht mouse &utton andselect the G(o8' FilesG menu item.

;n the file co8' dialo"? enter a destination director' and 8ress the GStartG &utton. 0hedestination director' should &e s8ecified as an a&solute location with a full 8ath. 0he +(

notation for networ$ shares is also su88orted.

n order to delete one or more files? select the re>uired files in the search results view? 8ress

the ri"ht mouse &utton and select the G#elete FilesG menu item. For advanced delete o8tions?such as data wi8in" ca8a&ilities? 8ress the Gdvanced ;8tionsG &utton.


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.1Savin! File Search 8e$ortsPower com8uter users and 0 administrators are 8rovided with the a&ilit' to save file search

results to a num&er of standard formats such as 09L? text? 5xcel (SV and X9L. n order tosave a re8ort file? 8ress the GSaveG &utton located on the main tool&ar? select an a88ro8riatefile format? enter the re8ort file name and 8ress the GSaveG &utton.

0he amount of information ex8orted 8er file de8ends on the selected file format. 09L? 0extand 5xcel (SV re8orts 8rovide &asic information a&out each file? while the X9L format and the

VX Search native format ex8ort full information a&out all search results includin" the full filename? sie? user name? creation? modification and last access times.

n addition? the VX Search native re8ort format allows one to save search results for futureanal'sis? load re8ort files into the VX Search 6 a88lication on another com8uter or ex8ortsearch results to a centralied S


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.20)$ortin! P"F 8e$ortsVX Search Pro? VX Search ltimate and VX Search Server allow one to ex8ort file search

results to P#F re8orts. n addition to the information availa&le in other re8ort formats? VXSearch P#F re8orts include 8ie charts showin" the num&er of search results and the amount ofdis$ s8ace 8er file cate"or' accordin" to the currentl' selected file cate"oriation mode. f one

or more file filters are selected? the file cate"ories 8ie charts are followed with the list ofselected file filters and then finished with the list of filtered file search results.

n order to ex8ort a P#F re8ort? search files in one or more dis$s? directories or networ$shares and 8ress the GSaveG &utton located on the main tool&ar. ;n the save re8ort dialo"?select the P#F re8ort format? enter a re8ort title? enter the name of the file to save the re8ortto. ' default? VX Search ex8orts the to8 1,?,,, search results. n order to ex8ort a fullre8ort? which ma' result in a ver' lon" P#F document? Eust enter an a88ro8riate num&er ofsearch results to ex8ort.


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.21)$ortin! File Search 8esults to )cel "atasheets0he sim8lest wa' to ex8ort file search results to an 5xcel datasheet is to co8' selected results

to the cli8&oard and than 8aste co8ied file search results in 9icrosoft 5xcel. n order to co8'file search results to the cli8&oard? select one or more results in the file search results view?8ress the ri"ht mouse &utton and select the G(o8' File #etails to (li8&oardG menu item.

Selected file search results will &e co8ied to the cli8&oard accordin" to the current sortin" andfilterin" modes and will &e availa&le in the 5xcel datasheet exactl' in the same wa' asdis8la'ed in the file search results view. n order to ex8ort files user names to an 5xcel

datasheet? the o8tion to show files user names should &e ena&led durin" the file searcho8eration. n order to &e a&le to sort file search results &' the last modification date? the userneeds to o8en the G;8tionsG dialo"? select the G7e8ortsG ta& and set an a88ro8riate date format?which can &e 8ro8erl' sorted in 5xcel datasheets.

nother o8tion to ex8ort file search results to 9icrosoft 5xcel? is to save an 5xcel (SV re8ortfile. Press the GSaveG &utton located on the main tool&ar? select the G(SV 7e8ortG format? entera file name to save the re8ort to and 8ress the GSaveG &utton. +ow? in order to o8en the saved

(SV re8ort file in 9icrosoft 5xcel? Eust clic$ on the (SV re8ort file in =indows file ex8lorer.

=hen ex8ortin" file search results to 5xcel datasheets? the user needs to ta$e into accountthat the comma H?I character used as the data field delimiter in (SV re8orts is also a valid filename character and file names containin" the comma H?I character will s8an across multi8ledata fields in 5xcel datasheets. n order to 8ro8erl' ex8ort such file names to an 5xcel

datasheet? o8en the G;8tionsG dialo"? select the G7e8ortsG ta& and chan"e the (SV re8ortsdelimiter to the G0a&G character? which cannot &e used in file names.


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.22/usto*iin! File Search 8e$orts' default? VX Search ex8orts file search re8orts includin" the last modification date for each

file search result. 0he date format used in file search re8orts is easil' reada&le? &ut not "oodfor sortin" file search results &' the last modification date in external 8ro"rams such as9icrosoft 5xcel? etc. n addition to the default date format? VX Search 8rovides a num&er of

alternative date formats allowin" one to customie file search re8orts. n order to chan"e thedate format used in file search re8orts? o8en the G;8tionsG dialo"? select the G7e8ortsG ta& andset the G7e8ort Files #ate FormatG to an a88ro8riate date format.

=hen ex8ortin" 5xcel (SV re8orts? the user ma' encounter 8ro&lems with directories and files

havin" the comma H?I character in the file or director' name. 0he comma H?I character is avalid character for file names? &ut this character is normall' used in 5xcel (SV re8orts as thedelimiter character causin" file names containin" the comma character to s8an multi8le data

fields in 9icrosoft 5xcel data sheets.

n order to chan"e the (SV re8orts delimiter character used &' VX Search in file searchre8orts? o8en the G;8tionsG dialo"? select the G7e8ortsG ta& and set the (SV re8orts delimiter tothe G0a&G character? which cannot &e used in file names and therefore will not conflict with filenames ex8orted in file search re8orts. n order to im8ort a ta&:delimited file search re8ort toan 5xcel data sheet? o8en 9icrosoft 5xcel? select the menu G#ata : m8ort 5xternal #ata :m8ort #ataG? select the file search re8ort file and select the G0a&G character as the data field

delimiter.


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.2)$ortin! File Search 8esults to an S;+ "atabaseVX Search ltimate and VX Search Server 8rovide the a&ilit' to ex8ort search results into an

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.24Searchin! etwor# Shares Usin! U/ Path a*esVX Search full' su88orts the +( notation and allows one to search files in networ$ shares &'

s8ecif'in" one or more +( networ$ locations in the file search dialo". n order to search filesin one or more networ$ shares? 8ress the GddG &utton located on the ri"ht side of the list ofsearch locations? enter a +( networ$ location and 8ress the G;$G &utton.

n order to &e a&le to search files in networ$ shares? the user needs to have director' access

8ermissions. n addition? in order to 8erform file mana"ement o8erations on file search

results? such as file co8'? move or delete? the user needs to have file write 8ermissions.

n addition to the a&ilit' to search files usin" +( networ$ locations? VX Search allows one to

co8' or move file search results to +( networ$ locations. For exam8le? in order to co8' oneor more files to an +( networ$ location? select the re>uired files in the file search resultsview? 8ress the ri"ht mouse &utton? select the G(o8' Files 0oG menu item? enter the +(networ$ location to co8' the selected files to and 8ress the GStartG &utton.


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.26Searchin! Files in (ll Servers on the etwor#nother o8tion is to search files in all servers andAor +S stora"e devices availa&le on the

networ$. n order to search files in all servers on the networ$? o8en the search dialo"? 8ressthe GddG &utton located on the ri"ht side of the list of search locations? select the Gll Serverson the +etwor$G mode and 8ress the G;$G &utton.

VX Search will scan the networ$ and show a list of servers and +S stora"e devices detectedon the networ$. Select one or more servers to search in and 8ress the G;$G &utton.

VX Search will scan the selected servers and show a list of networ$ shares detected in theservers and +S stora"e devices allowin" one to select one or more networ$ shares thatshould &e 8rocessed. #urin" runtime? VX Search will 8rocess the selected networ$ shares in

8arallel usin" all (Ps availa&le in the host com8uter VX Search is runnin" on. n order to &ea&le to use this feature? the user needs to have 8ermissions to access networ$ shares.


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.2%Multi9hreaded File Search and Per:or*ance O$tionsVX Search is o8timied for modern multi:coreAmulti:(P s'stems and 8owerful dis$ 7#

arra's and is ca8a&le of 8erformin" file search o8erations usin" a num&er of 8rocessin"threads. n order to ena&le 8arallel scannin" of in8ut dis$s and directories? select theGPerformanceG ta& on the file search o8tions dialo" and s8ecif' how man' director' scannin"

and file search threads and to use.

f the search o8eration is 8erformed on a multi:coreAmulti:(P s'stem? set the total num&erof 8rocessin" threads to the num&er of 8h'sical (Ps or (P cores availa&le in the com8uters'stem. 0he 8erformance im8rovement ma' &e es8eciall' si"nificant when searchin" files inmulti8le 8h'sical dis$s or networ$ shares usin" com8lex search >ueries.

For exam8le? on a >uad:core server with a test data set stored on SS# dis$s? file search8erformance reaches u8 to 3-?,,, FilesASec when searchin" files usin" 1 8rocessin" thread?

-%?,,, FilesASec when searchin" files in the same data set usin" 2 8arallel 8rocessin" threadsand !2?,,, FilesASec when 8erformin" the same file search o8eration usin" * 8arallel8rocessin" threads.


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=hen searchin" files over the networ$? the networ$ latenc' si"nificantl' im8acts the filesearch 8erformance and usin" multi8le 8arallel director' scannin" threads and multi8le filesearch threads is even more im8ortant.

For exam8le? the 8erformance of a file search o8eration over the networ$ reaches u8 to -?,,,FilesASec when searchin" files usin" one 8rocessin" thread? u8 to )?%,, FilesASec when8erformin" the same file search o8eration usin" 2 8arallel 8rocessin" threads and u8 to

1)?/,, when 8erformin" the same file search o8eration usin" * 8arallel 8rocessin" threads.

Searchin! Files uirin"user names for multi8le files simultaneousl'.


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For exam8le? when searchin" files stored on SS# dis$s with the o8tion to show files usernames ena&led? the file search o8eration reaches u8 to 1%?,,, FilesASec with 1 file searchthread? u8 to 33?2,, FilesASec with 2 8arallel file search threads? u8 to */?,,, FilesASec with *8arallel file search threads and u8 to -2?,,, FilesASec with % 8arallel file search threads.

n order to reach a hi"h file search 8erformance when searchin" files over the networ$ withthe o8tion to show files user names ena&led? the file search o8eration should &e confi"ured touse *:% 8arallel file search threads. For exam8le? a file search o8eration over the networ$ with

the o8tion to show file user names ena&led reaches u8 to 2?,,, FilesASec when usin" 1 filesearch threads and scales ver' well u8 to %?%,, FilesASec when 8erformin" the same file

search o8eratin" usin" % 8arallel file search threads.


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.2Usin! the Sste* ra -conPower com8uter users and 0 administrators ma' use the VX Search s'stem tra' icon to start

fre>uentl' 8erformed file search o8erations directl' from the s'stem tra' status area. 0he VXSearch s'stem tra' icon menu shows all the user:defined search 8rofiles and allows one tostart an' file search o8eration in a sin"le mouse clic$.

n order to ena&le the s'stem tra' icon? o8en the G;8tionsG dialo"? select the G6eneralG ta& andchec$ the G9inimie 0o S'stem 0ra'G o8tion. =hen this o8tion is ena&led? the VX Search main

6 a88lication will &e minimied to the s'stem tra' icon. 0o o8en the VX Search s'stem tra'menu? clic$ the ri"ht mouse &utton over the s'stem tra' icon.

=hen a search o8eration is launched from the s'stem tra' menu? the VX Search 6a88lication will &e restored from the s'stem tra' area and shown as the to8 level windowdis8la'in" search results that were found.


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.2)cludin! Subdirectories :ro* File SearchSometimes? it ma' &e re>uired to exclude one or more su&directories from the file search

8rocess. n order to add one or more directories to the exclude list? o8en the search 8rofiledialo"? select the G5xcludeG ta& and 8ress the GddG &utton located on the ri"ht side of thedialo".

#irectories added to the exclude list will &e excluded recursivel' includin" all files and

su&directories. n order to remove a director' from the exclude list? select the re>uireddirector' and 8ress the G#eleteG &utton. n addition? advanced users are 8rovided with anum&er of exclude directories macro commands allowin" one to exclude multi8le directoriesusin" a sin"le macro command.

VX Search 8rovides the followin" exclude directories macro commands

,37-S =e)t Strin!> : this macro command excludes all directories &e"innin"with the s8ecified text strin".

,/O(-S =e)t Strin!> : this macro command excludes all directoriescontainin" the s8ecified text strin".

,"S =e)t Strin!>: this macro command excludes all directories endin" with thes8ecified text strin".

,87X =8e!ular )$ression> : this macro command excludes directoriesmatchin" the s8ecified re"ular ex8ression.

For exam8le? the exclude macro command G(;+0+S 0em8orar' FilesG will exclude alldirectories with G0em8orar' FilesG at an' 8lace in the full director' 8ath and the exclude macrocommand G7565X J.H09PK059PIG will exclude directories endin" with G.09PG or G.059PG.


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.)cludin! S$eci:ic Files :ro* File Searchdvanced users are 8rovided with the a&ilit' to exclude s8ecific files or file cate"ories from the

file search 8rocess. n "eneral? all t'8es of file matchin" rules 8rovide 8ositive o8erators?intended to 8ositivel' match files? and ne"ative o8erators? intended to exclude s8ecific files orcate"ories of files from file search results.

For exam8le? letGs assume that the user needs to search files &' name? &ut exclude all 8icturesand ima"e files from search results. n this case? the user needs to add a file name rule and afile cate"or' rule with the G+ot 7elated 0oG o8erator? which will exclude all t'8es of ima"es and8ictures from search results.

Similarl'? in order to exclude all s'stem and hidden files from search results? add a rule to

match files &' file attri&utes? select the G5xcludeG o8erator and select the file attri&utes thatshould &e excluded.


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.4(uto*atic 8e$ort 7enerationn order to ena&le automatic re8ort "eneration? o8en the search o8tions dialo"? select the

GdvancedG ta&? ena&le execution of conditional actions? s8ecif' the num&er of search resultsto tri""er the action? select an a88ro8riate re8ort format and o8tionall' s8ecif' the name ofthe director' or file to save re8orts in.

f the re8ort file name is em8t'? VX Search will save re8ort to the userGs home director' withautomaticall' "enerated file names containin" the date and time of each re8ort. f thes8ecified action value is an existin" director'? VX Search will save re8orts to the director'.;therwise? the s8ecified value will &e used as the name of the re8ort file and all re8orts will &esaved to the same file overwritin" the file with each new re8ort.


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.'Sendin! 9Mail oti:icationsVX Search ltimate and VX Search Server 8rovide the a&ilit' to send 5:9ail notifications when

a search o8eration finds a user:s8ecified num&er of files. 0his feature is es8eciall' useful for8eriodic search o8erations 8erformed automaticall' at s8ecific time intervals and intended todetect s8ecific t'8es or cate"ories of files in enter8rise stora"e s'stems.

n order to ena&le 5:9ail notifications for a search o8eration? o8en the search 8rofile dialo"?

select the GdvancedG ta&? ena&le conditional actions? set the num&er of file search results totri""er the action? select the G5:9ail +otificationG action t'8e and enter an e:mail address tosend notifications to.

5:9ail notifications will &e send usin" the S90P e:mail account confi"ured in the o8tionsdialo". n order to confi"ure the S90P account? o8en the o8tions dialo"? select the G5:9ailG ta&?enter the host name or the P address of the S90P server? enter the 0(PAP 8ort num&er?enter the name of the user account? 8assword and the source 5:9ail address that should &eused &' VX Search in 5:9ail notifications.


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.6Sound oti:icationsVX Search 8rovides the a&ilit' to 8la' notification sounds when a file search o8eration is

started? com8leted or failed. n addition? the user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' to ena&le? disa&leor customie all t'8es of sound notifications.

n order to o8en the G+otification SoundsG dialo"? select the G0ools : +otification SoundsG menuitem. 0he G+otifications SoundsG dialo" shows all the availa&le sound notifications and allowsone to ena&le or disa&le s8ecific sound notifications.

n order to select a custom notification sound file? clic$ on a notification sound item in thesounds list and select a custom =V file. n order to 8la' a notification sound? select there>uired notification sound in the sounds list and 8ress the GPla'G &utton.


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.%VX Search /on:i!uration O$tionsVX Search 8rovides a lar"e num&er of confi"uration o8tions allowin" one to tune file search

o8erations and the VX Search 6 a88lication for user:s8ecific needs and re>uirements. norder to o8en the G;8tionsG dialo"? select the G0ools : dvanced ;8tionsG menu item.

Show Main oolbar: se this o8tion to ena&leAdisa&le the tool&ar in the main VXSearch 6 a88lication.

(uto*aticall /hec# For Product U$dates : se this o8tion to ena&le automaticchec$ for 8roduct u8dates. f this o8tion is ena&led? VX Search will chec$ for new8roduct u8dates on each start and dis8la' the G8dateG lin$ in the &ottom:ri"ht cornerof the status &ar when a new 8roduct version will &e availa&le.

"isable Failed Periodic /o**ands : 0his o8tion a88lica&le to VX Search Serveronl' and it ma' &e used to disa&le failed 8eriodic search o8erations. Show rror Messa!es in Sste* ra: se this o8tion to ena&leAdisa&le dis8la' of

error messa"es in the s'stem tra' status area when the VX Search 6 a88lication is

minimied to the s'stem tra' icon. Show Scannin! (ccess "enied rrors: se this o8tion to ena&leAdisa&le dis8la' of

access denied errors issued when VX Search is una&le to search files in a dis$ ordirector' due to insufficient 8ermissions.

(bort O$eration On /ritical rrors: ' default? VX Search tries to 8rocess as man'dis$s and directories as 8ossi&le while lo""in" errors in the 8rocess lo". Select thiso8tion to a&ort search and file mana"ement o8erations on the first critical error.

nable Manual Product 8e!istration : se this o8tion to ena&leAdisa&le manual8roduct re"istration.

Process Sste* Files : se this o8tion to ena&leAdisa&le 8rocessin" of 8rotecteds'stem files and directories.

Process "irector +in#s and 5unctions : se this o8tion to ena&leAdisa&le8rocessin" of director' lin$s and Eunctions.

Mini*ie o Sste* ra : 5na&le this o8tion to minimie the VX Search 6a88lication to the s'stem tra' icon.

Start Mini*ied : 5na&le this o8tion to start the VX Search 6 a88licationminimied to the s'stem tra' icon.


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0he GShortcutsG ta& allows one to customie $e'&oard shortcuts. n order to chan"e a$e'&oard shortcut? clic$ on the shortcut item in the list to o8en the $e'&oard shortcut dialo"and 8ress a new $e' se>uence.

0he GPro)G ta& 8rovides the a&ilit' to confi"ure nternet access throu"h an 00P 8rox'. VXSearch chec$s for 8roduct u8dates throu"h the nternet and if the com8uter where the

8roduct is installed on is connected to the nternet throu"h an 00P 8rox'? the user ma'confi"ure a custom 00P 8rox' confi"uration.

' default? VX Search uses the hostGs default 8rox' confi"uration and the user needs tochan"e these settin"s onl' if VX Search is una&le to receive 8roduct u8dates.


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0he G9MailG ta& allows one to confi"ure an S90P account to use to send user:defined 5:9ailnotifications. 0hese features are availa&le in VX Search ltimate and VX Search Server onl'.0he S90P account settin"s confi"ured on this ta& are a88lica&le to &oth the VX Search 6a88lication and the VX Search command line utilit'.

0he G"atabaseG ta& 8rovides the user with the a&ilit' to confi"ure the ;#( data&aseinterface? which ma' &e used to save file search re8orts to an S


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.&Usin! VX Search /o**and +ine Utilitn addition to the VX Search 6 a88lication? VX Search ltimate and VX Search Server

8rovide a command line utilit' allowin" one to execute file search o8erations from an ;S shellwindow. 0he VX Search command line utilit' is located in =Product"ir>?bindirector'.

/o**and +ine Snta)@

v)search 9search =FileFilter> 9dir ="irector 1> A ... "irector X B

0his command searches files in the s8ecified directories? dis$s or networ$ shares.

v)search 9search 9re!e) =8e!ular )$ression> 9dir ="irector 1> A ... "irector X B

0his command searches files usin" a re"ular ex8ression.

v)search 9search =FileFilter> 9server =hostna*e1Chostna*e2Chostna*eX>

0his command searches files in all networ$ shares of the s8ecified servers andAor +S devices.

v)search 9search =FileFilter> 9networ#

0his command searches files in all detected servers andAor +S devices on the networ$.

v)search 9search =XM+ Search 8ules File> 9dir ="irector 1> A ... "irector X B

0his command searches files in the s8ecified directories? dis$s or networ$ shares.

v)search 9e)ecute =Pro:ile a*e>

0his command executes the s8ecified file search 8rofile.

v)search 9e)ecute =XM+ /o**and File a*e>

0his command executes the s8ecified X9L search command file.

Para*eters@

9dir ="irector>

0his 8arameter s8ecifies an in8ut director'? dis$ or a networ$ share for the file searcho8eration. n order to ensure 8ro8er 8arsin" of command line ar"uments? directoriescontainin" s8ace characters should &e dou&le >uoted.

9server =hostna*e1Chostna*e2Chostna*eX>

0his 8arameters s8ecifies one or more servers or +S stora"e devices to search files in. 0helist of servers ma' &e s8ecified as a list of host name or P addresses delimited &' thesemicolon HI character.


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/o**and +ine O$tions@

9saveDht*lDre$ort A File a*e B

0his o8tion saves an 09L file search re8ort to the s8ecified file.

9saveDte)tDre$ort A File a*e B

0his o8tion saves a 8lain text file search re8ort to the s8ecified file.

9saveDcsvDre$ort A File a*e B

0his o8tion saves an 5xcel (SV file search re8ort to the s8ecified file.

9saveD)*lDre$ort A File a*e B

0his o8tion saves an X9L file search re8ort to the s8ecified file.

9saveD$d:Dre$ort A File a*e B

0his o8tion saves a P#F file search re8ort to the s8ecified file.

9saveDre$ort A File a*e B

0his o8tion saves a re8ort in the VX Search native re8ort format.

9saveDtoDdatabase

0his o8tion saves file search results to an S

0his o8tion sets the re8ort title.

9co*$ress

0his o8tion instructs to ex8ort a com8ressed re8ort.

9showDusers

0his o8tion ena&les 8rocessin" and dis8la' of files user names.

9scanners =Ma) "ir Scan hreads>

0his o8tion sets the maximum num&er of 8arallel director' scannin" threads.

9strea*s =File Search hreads>

0his o8tion sets the num&er of 8arallel file search threads.

9$er: =FU++ E M"-UM E +O

0his 8arameter controls the s8eed of the file search o8eration.

FLL : Full:s8eed file search95#9 : 9edium:s8eed file searchL;= : Low:s8eed file search

9v 9 Shows the 8roduct maEor version? minor version? revision and &uild date.

9hel$

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.Product U$date Procedurelmost ever' month? Flexense releases &u":fixes and 8roduct u8dates for VX Search. 0hese

8roduct u8dates are u8loaded to our we& site and ma' &e a88lied to an' installed 8roductversion. 5ach time VX Search is started? the u8date mana"er chec$s if there is a new 8roductversion availa&le. f there is a new 8roduct u8date availa&le? the user will see an G8dateG lin$

in the ri"ht:most corner of the status &ar.

n order to manuall' chec$ that the currentl' installed 8roduct version is u8:to:date? selectmenu Gel8 : (hec$ For 8datesG on the main menu &ar. 0he u8date mana"er will connect tothe u8date server and chec$ if there is a newer version of the 8roduct availa&le for download.f there is a new 8roduct version availa&le? the u8date dialo" will show the version of the new8roduct u8date and two &uttons the G7elease +otesG &utton and the GnstallG &utton. Press the

G7elease +otesG &utton to see more information a&out what new features and &u":fixescontains this s8ecific 8roduct version. Press the GnstallG &utton to download and install the new8roduct version.

fter 8ressin" the GnstallG &utton? 8lease wait while the u8date mana"er will download thenew 8roduct version to the local dis$. 0he u8date 8ac$a"e will &e downloaded to a tem8orar'director' on the s'stem drive and automaticall' deleted after the u8date mana"er will finish

u8datin" the 8roduct.

fter download is com8leted? close all o8en VX Search a88lications and 8ress the G;$G &uttonwhen read'. f one or more VX Search a88lications will &e o8en durin" the u8date? the

o8eration will fail and the whole u8date 8rocess will need to &e restarted from the &e"innin".fter finishin" the u8date 8rocess? VX Search will show a messa"e &ox informin" a&out thesuccessfull' com8leted o8eration.


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.40Product 8e!istration ProcedureLicenses for commercial 8roduct versions and discounted license 8ac$s ma' &e 8urchased on

the followin" 8a"e htt8AAwww.vxsearch.comA8urchase.html

fter finishin" the 8urchase 8rocess? wait for the followin" two e:mail messa"es the first one

with a recei8t for 'our 8a'ment and the second one with an unloc$ $e'. f 'ou will not receive'our unloc$ $e' within 2* hours? 8lease chec$ 'our s8am &ox for e:mail messa"es ori"inatin"from su$$ort:le)ense.co*and if it is nor here contact our su88ort team.

fter 'ou will receive 'our unloc$ $e'? start the VX Search 6 a88lication and 8ress theG7e"isterG &utton located in the to8:ri"ht corner of the window. ;n the re"ister dialo"? enter

'our name and the received unloc$ $e' and 8ress the G7e"isterG &utton to finish there"istration 8rocedure.


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4.' ;uic# File Search O$erationsVX Search Server 8rovides the followin" two file search modes the >uic$ file search mode?

which is an eas' to use mode for sim8le search o8erations? and the search commands mode?which 8rovides the a&ilit' to 8re:confi"ure a num&er of file search commands &ased on one ormore file matchin" rules and allowin" one to control an extensive set of file search o8tions.

n order to sim8le search files usin" the >uic$ file search mode? 8ress the GSearchG &uttonlocated on the VX Search Server home 8a"e? s8ecif' dis$s? directories or networ$ shares tosearch in and add one or more file search rules.

n the >uic$ file search mode? VX Search Server will automaticall' create a file searchcommand accordin" to the selected file search rules? search files in the s8ecified dis$s anddirectories and dis8la' search results. 5ach >uic$ file search command is saved in the 8roductconfi"uration file? dis8la'ed on the VX Search Server home 8a"e and ma' &e later executed

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4.6 Mana!in! File Search /o**andsVX Search Server allows one to confi"ure multi8le file search o8erations with each one ca8a&le

of searchin" files in a num&er of dis$s? directories? networ$ shares or +S stora"e devices. norder to add a new command? 8ress the Gdd (ommandG &utton located on the VX SearchServer home 8a"e? s8ecif' a uni>ue command name? enter one or more dis$s? directories or

networ$ shares to search in? add one or more file search rules and 8ress the GSaveG &utton.

5ach file search o8eration ma' &e confi"ured to search files usin" an extensive set of filesearch rules com&ined with lo"ical o8erators. dvanced users are 8rovided with the a&ilit' todefine multi:level? hierarchical file search >ueries ca8a&le of 8recisel' selectin" re>uired files&' the file name? re"ular ex8ressions? file t'8e? file sie? user name? attri&utes? creation? last

modification or last access dates? text or &inar' 8atterns? 4P56 5XF ta"s? etc.

n addition? the user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' to exclude one or more directories from thefiles search 8rocess? set a custom re8ort title? control the maximum num&er of search results

for each file search o8eration? set the num&er of histor' re8orts to save for each file searcho8eration and confi"ure file search o8erations to intentionall' slow down the file search8rocess in order to minimie the 8erformance im8act on runnin" 8roduction servers.


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4.% Searchin! Files b /ate!or;ne of the most 8owerful ca8a&ilities of VX Search Server is the a&ilit' to search files &' the

file t'8e or cate"or' usin" an extensive set of file classification 8lu"ins ca8a&le of reco"niin"more than 2-,, t'8es of files. n order to search files related to a cate"or'? select the GSearchFiles (ate"oried sG file matchin" rule and 8ress the GSelectG &utton to select an a88ro8riate

file cate"or'.

ll file cate"ories are or"anied into a lo"ical hierarch' with multi8le su&cate"ories? "rou8sand file classes. Select a file classification 8lu"in and &rowse the hierarch' of file cate"ories to

select an a88ro8riate file t'8e. For exam8le? select the Gma"es? Pictures and 6ra8hic FilesGcate"or' to find all t'8es of ima"es and 8icture files. 0his is es8eciall' useful when the userneeds to find multi8le t'8es of files? &ut does not $now all the re>uired file extensions.

f the selected file cate"or' contains a num&er of su&cate"ories? files related to an' of theselected su&cate"ories will &e dis8la'ed in the search results. num&er of file cate"ories ma'&e added usin" multi8le file matchin" rules com&ined with a lo"ical H+#? ;7I o8erator.Finall'? 8ower com8uter users and 0 administrators ma' desi"n custom file classification

8lu"ins with user:s8ecific file cate"ories and hierarchies usin" a sim8le X9L:&ased format anduse these custom file cate"ories in file search o8erations.


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4.& Searchin! Files b a*eVX Search allows one to search files &' the file name? location? extension? full file name

includin" the full 8ath? the name of the director' without the 8ath and file name and the filename without extension. 0here are a num&er of 8ositive and ne"ative 8attern matchin"o8erators 8rovidin" the user with the a&ilit' to match text 8atterns located at different 8laces

of the file name and allowin" one to define 8recise file matchin" rules.

4. Searchin! Files b Sie0he user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' to search files &' the file sie usin" multi8le com8arison

o8erators and sie units. 0his file matchin" rule is ver' useful when com&ined with filecate"ories to search files matchin" multi8le different criteria.

For exam8le? VX Search allows one to find all 8ictures and ima"es with the file sie "reaterthan X 9. 0he sie:&ased file matchin" rule ma' &e com&ined with other t'8es of filematchin" rules allowin" one to find files exactl' matchin" user needs and re>uirements.


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4.10Searchin! Files b "ateVX Search 8rovides two sets of file matchin" rules allowin" one to search files &' the creation?

modification and last access dates. 0he fist set of time:&ased file matchin" rules wor$s withrelative time 8eriods and 8rovides the a&ilit' to find files that were created? modified or lastaccessed durin" X da's? wee$s? months or 'ears.

0he relative time:&ased rules are useful when the user needs sta&le time 8eriods not chan"in"and $ee8in" valid as the time 8asses on. For exam8le? a file matchin" rule searchin" files that

were modified durin" the last ! da's is alwa's valid disre"ardin" of the current date.

Sometimes? when the user needs to find files that were created? modified or last accesseddurin" ver' s8ecific dates? relative time 8eriods are not "ood. For these cases? VX Search8rovides a&solute date:&ased file matchin" rules? which are allowin" one to define exact dates

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4.11Searchin! Files b e)t Strin!sVX Search Server 8rovides a file matchin" rule ca8a&le of searchin" files containin" or not

containin" user:s8ecified text strin"s. n order to match files &' a text 8attern? select theGSearch Files &' 0ext Strin"G file matchin" rule? select an a88ro8riate text matchin" o8eratorand enter a text strin" to search for.

4.12Searchin! Files b 3inar PatternsPower com8uter users and 0 administrators are 8rovided with a &inar' 8attern file matchin"rule? which is ca8a&le of searchin" files &' &inar' 8atterns located at s8ecific locations insideof files. n order to add a &inar' file matchin" rule? select the Ginar' 5X 8atternG rule? select

an a88ro8riate 8attern matchin" o8erator? enter the 5X 8attern to search for and enter the8osition inside of files where the &inar' 8attern should &e located.

0he &inar' 8attern file matchin" rule is ver' useful when the user needs to detect s8ecific fileformats containin" format:s8ecific si"nature 8atterns at desi"nated 8ositions. 9ulti8le &inar'8attern rules ma' &e com&ined with lo"ical o8erators to detect files containin" multi8le8atterns at different 8ositions. 0he 8attern should &e s8ecified as a strin" of 5X characters

with two characters 8er &'te delimited &' the s8ace character. 0he 8osition should &es8ecified as an a&solute offset from the &e"innin" of the file.


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4.1Searchin! Files b File (ttributesSometimes? it ma' &e re>uired to search files &' file attri&utes. For these 8ur8oses? VX Search

Server 8rovides the file attri&utes file matchin" rule. Select the GFile ttri&utesG file matchin"rule? select an a88ro8riate attri&ute matchin" o8erator and 8ress the GSelectG &utton to selectthe attri&utes to &e chec$ed.

;n the attri&utes select 8a"e? chec$ all the attri&utes that should &e tested and 8ress theGSaveG &utton. =hen the o8erator is set to Gavin" ttri&utesG? VX Search Server will search

files havin" all the selected file attri&utes. ;therwise? VX Search Server will search files havin"none of the selected file attri&utes.

0he ne"ative o8erator is es8eciall' useful when the user needs to find all files related to as8ecific file cate"or'? &ut s$i8 all 8rotected s'stem and hidden files. 0he attri&utes filematchin" rule ma' &e com&ined with other t'8es of file matchin" rules allowin" one to8recisel' select the re>uired files.


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4.14Searchin! Files b UserPower com8uter users and 0 administrators are 8rovided with the a&ilit' to search files &' the

user name. Select the Gser +ameG file matchin" rule? select an a88ro8riate text matchin"o8erator and enter the user name to search for. 0he entered text 8attern is case insensitiveand it ma' &e matched exactl' or at different 8laces inside of the user name usin" different

t'8es of the text matchin" o8erator.

4.1'Searchin! 5P7 i*a!es b X-F ta!sll 4P56 ima"es include a set of 5XF ta"s containin" various information a&out the cameraand the ima"in" mode used to ta$e the 8icture. n addition? the 5XF ta"s ma' contain custom

fields with 8ro8rietar' information related to the su&Eect dis8la'ed in the 8icture. VX SearchServer allows one to search 4P56 ima"es usin" standard and custom 4P56 5XF ta"s.

n order to search 4P56 ima"es &' 5XF ta"s? select the GSearch 4P56 ma"es =ith 5XF 0a"Gfile matchin" rule? select the ta" to &e chec$ed? select an a88ro8riate text matchin" o8eratorand enter a text or numeric value to search for.


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4.1%Usin! Multi9+evel File Search 8ulesSometimes? it ma' &e re>uired to define multi:level? hierarchical file matchin" rules. For

exam8le? letGs assume that we need to find files related to multi8le file cate"ories with the filesie more that 1, 9 that were last accessed more than 3 'ears a"o. n order to add a nestedrule list? o8en the search command 8a"e? 8ress the Gdd 7uleG &utton and select the G+ested

7ule ListG file matchin" rule.

;n the nested rules dialo"? add all the re>uired file cate"ories? select the G;7G lo"ical o8erator

and 8ress the G;$G &utton. ;n the search command 8a"e? 8ress the Gdd 7uleG &utton? add thetime:&ased file matchin" rule to find files that were last accessed more than 3 'ears a"o? add

a rule to match files with the file sie more than 1, 9 and select the G+#G lo"ical o8erator.

0he nested rule list will match all the re>uired file cate"ories? while the time:&ased to8 levelfile matchin" rule will select files that were last accessed more than 3 'ears a"o. VX SearchServer 8rovides a full' scala&le rule:&ased model with an unlimited num&er of nested levels

allowin" one to define so8histicated? multi:level file matchin" rules ca8a&le of 8recisel'searchin" the re>uired files.


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4.1&)cludin! "irectories :ro* the File Search ProcessSometimes? it ma' &e re>uired to exclude one or more su&directories from the file search

8rocess. n order to add one or more directories to the exclude list? o8en the search commandconfi"uration 8a"e? 8ress the G;8tionsG &utton and add one or more directories to the excludedirectories list.

#irectories added to the exclude list will &e excluded recursivel' includin" all files andsu&directories. n addition? advanced users are 8rovided with a num&er of exclude directoriesmacro commands allowin" one to exclude multi8le directories usin" a sin"le macro command.

VX Search Server 8rovides the followin" exclude directories macro commands

,37-S =e)t Strin!> : this macro command excludes all directories &e"innin"with the s8ecified text strin".

,/O(-S =e)t Strin!> : this macro command excludes all directoriescontainin" the s8ecified text strin".

,"S =e)t Strin!>: this macro command excludes all directories endin" with thes8ecified text strin".

,87X =8e!ular )$ression> : this macro command excludes directoriesmatchin" the s8ecified re"ular ex8ression.

For exam8le? the exclude macro command G(;+0+S 0em8orar' FilesG will exclude alldirectories with G0em8orar' FilesG at an' 8lace in the full director' 8ath and the exclude macrocommand G7565X J.H09PK059PIG will exclude directories endin" with G.09PG or G.059PG.


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4.18eviewin! File Search 8esultsn order to review results for a finished file search o8eration? Eust clic$ on the command name

on the VX Search Server home 8a"e. 0he results 8a"e shows the num&er file search results?the amount of dis$ s8ace and the list of search results. For each result? VX Search Servershows the file name? the name of the director'? the user name? the file sie and the last

modification date.

;ne of the most 8owerful ca8a&ilities of VX Search Server is the a&ilit' to cate"orie filesearch results &' the file extension? file t'8e? sie? user name? creation? last modification orlast access dates and filter dis8la'ed file search results &' one or more file cate"ories.


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n order to filter search results? select one or more file filters and 8ress the GSet FilterG &utton.=hen one or more file filters are selected? saved file search re8orts will include search resultsmatchin" the selected file filters. n order to reset the selected file filters? 8ress the G(learFilterG &utton.

n order to see extended information for a search result? clic$ on the result name located onthe left side of the results 8a"e. VX Search Server allows one to save 09L? P#F? text? 5xcel(SV or X9L re8orts. n order to ex8ort a re8ort? 8ress the GSaveG &utton located in the to8:

ri"ht corner of the results 8a"e and select an a88ro8riate re8ort format.

n addition? file search re8orts ma' &e "enerated automaticall' usin" one or more file searchactions allowin" one to automaticall' save re8orts when a file search o8eration finds a user:s8ecified num&er of search results. Finall'? VX Search Server 8rovides the a&ilit' to send

09L? text and P#F re8orts as 5:9ail notifications when a file search o8eration finds a user:s8ecified num&er of search results.


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4.20File Search 8e$ortsFor each file search o8eration? VX Search Server saves an individual file search re8ort. n

order to o8en the last re8ort? Eust clic$ on the re>uired file search command lin$ dis8la'ed onthe VX Search Server home 8a"e. n order to &rowse all re8orts? 8ress the GView 7e8ortsG&utton located on the VX Search Server home 8a"e.

VX Search Server allows one to filter file search re8orts &' the search command name? hostname? date and in8ut directories. n order to filter search re8orts? select an a88ro8riate filter

located on the &ottom side of the re8orts 8a"e and then select a filter value.


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=hen a re8ort filter is active? VX Search Server dis8la's the num&er of filtered re8orts in there8orts 8a"e ca8tion and shows re8orts matchin" the selected re8ort filter in the re8orts view.n order to reset the currentl' selected re8ort filter? select the GShow llG filter value in there8ort filer located on the &ottom side of the re8orts 8a"e.

' default? VX Search Server $ee8s a histor' of 1, last re8orts for each file search command.n order to o8en a file search re8ort listed in the re8orts view? clic$ on the re>uired re8ort #lin$. 7e8orts are saved in the re8orts director'? which ma' &e confi"ured on the GdvancedServer ;8tionsG 8a"e.

n addition? the user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' to control the num&er of histor' re8orts savedin the re8orts director'. Finall'? if VX Search Server is confi"ured to save re8orts to an S


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4.21(uto*atic File Search (ctionsVX Search Server 8rovides the a&ilit' to automaticall' save re8orts or send 5:9ail notifications

when a file search command finds a user:s8ecified num&er of search results. 0his feature ises8eciall' useful in conEunction with 8eriodic file search o8erations allowin" one to schedulefile search o8erations at user:s8ecific time intervals. n order to confi"ure automatic file

search actions? o8en a file search command and 8ress the GctionsG &utton.

n order to add a new action? 8ress the Gdd ctionG &utton? enter the num&er of searchresults to tri""er the action? select an a88ro8riate action t'8e and 8ress the GSaveG &utton. For5:9ail notification actions? the action value should &e set to an 5:9ail address to send thenotification to. n addition? the user needs o8en the GSettin"sG 8a"e and confi"ure an S90P

server to use to send 5:9ail notifications.

For re8ort "eneration actions? the action value should &e set to a file name or a director'name where to save file search re8orts. f the action value is set to an existin" director'? VXSearch Server will automaticall' "enerate file names with the re8ort date and time added to

each re8ort file name. For the custom command action? the action value should &e set to thecommand Hincludin" all command line ar"umentsI to &e executed.


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4.22Periodic File Search O$erationsVX Search Server allows one to setu8 a num&er of 8eriodic Eo&s with each one confi"ured to

8erform one or more file search commands at s8ecific time intervals. 0his feature is es8eciall'useful in conEunction with automatic file search actions allowin" one to save re8orts andAorsend 5:9ail notifications when a file search o8eration finds a user:s8ecified num&er of search

results. n order to add a 8eriodic file search Eo&? 8ress the GPeriodic 4o&sG &utton located onthe VX Search Server home 8a"e and 8ress the GddG &utton.

;n the 8eriodic Eo& 8a"e? enter a uni>ue 8eriodic Eo& name? s8ecif' the time interval andselect one or more file search commands to execute. n order to reduce the (P load and

memor' usa"e on the host? VX Server 8erforms selected file search o8erations se>uentiall'?one after one while savin" re8orts and executin" automatic file search actions if re>uired.

n addition? the user is 8rovided with the a&ilit' to intentionall' slow down file searcho8erations? in order to com8letel' eliminate 8erformance im8act on 8roduction servers. n

order to slow down a file search command? o8en the command 8a"e? 8ress the G;8tionsG&utton? select the GLow S8eedG 8erformance mode and 8ress the GSaveG &utton.


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4.2Searchin! Files in etwor# Shares' default? the VX Search service is confi"ured to run under the local s'stem account? which is

"ood to search files in local dis$s and directories. ;n the other hand? the local s'stem accountdoes not have 8ermissions to access networ$ shares and +S stora"e devices.

n order to ena&le VX Search Server to search files in networ$ shares and +S stora"edevices? the VX Search service should &e confi"ured to run under a user account? which has8ermissions to access files and directories located on the re>uired networ$ shares.

0he confi"uration is ver' sim8le and ma' &e 8erformed within a cou8le of seconds usin" thefollowin" ste8:&':ste8 "uide

1. ;8en the =indows control 8anel and clic$ on the Gdministrative 0oolsG utilit'.2. ;8en the Services control center and find here the G VX Search ServerG service.

3. ;8en the G VX Search ServerG service? select the G6eneralG ta& and sto8 the service.

*. Select the GLo" ;nG ta& and s8ecif' a user account to use for the service.-. Select the G6eneralG ta& and start the G VX Search ServerG service.

+ow? the VX Search service will run under the s8ecified user account and will have exactl' thesame 8ermissions as the s8ecified user account when accessin" networ$ shares and +Sstora"e devices.


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4.24/on:i!urin! VX Search ServerVX Search Server 8rovides a variet' of confi"uration o8tions allowin" one to easil' inte"rate

the 8roduct into a user:s8ecific networ$ environment. n order to o8en the main settin"s8a"e? clic$ on the GSettin"sG lin$ located on the to8 menu &ar.

4.2'/on:i!urin! /usto* User a*e and Password0he VX Search Server we&:&ased mana"ement console? re>uires users to lo"in with a VXSearch user name and 8assword. 0he default user name and 8assword is set to

ad*inAad*in. n addition? VX Search Server 8rovides the a&ilit' to set a custom user nameandAor 8assword for the VX Search we&:&ased mana"ement interface and the command lineutilit'? which ma' &e used to automate confi"uration and mana"ement tas$s.

n order to set a custom user name and 8assword? clic$ on the G(onfi"ure Server Lo"inG lin$

located on the main settin"s 8a"e? enter a new user name and 8assword and 8ress the GSaveG&utton.


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4.26/on:i!urin! /usto* Server PortsVX Search Server uses the 0(PAP 8ort )123 as the default server control 8ort and the 0(PAP

8ort %, as the default we& access 8ort. Sometimes? these 8orts ma' &e in use &' some othersoftware 8roducts or s'stem services. f one or &oth of these 8orts are in use? VX SearchServer will &e una&le to o8erate 8ro8erl' and the user will need to chan"e the VX Search

server control 8ort andAor we& access 8ort.

n order to set a custom server control 8ort andAor we& access 8ort? clic$ on the GSetu8 ServerPortsG lin$ located on the main settin"s 8a"e? select the Gse (ustom PortG o8tion and enter acustom 8ort num&er to use. f the VX Search server should &e controlled throu"h the networ$?ma$e sure the custom 8orts are o8en in the serverGs firewall.

4.2%/on:i!urin! 9Mail oti:ications

VX Search Server 8rovides the a&ilit' to send 5:9ail notifications when a file search commandfinds a user:s8ecified num&er of search results. n order to confi"ure an S90P 5:9ail server touse to send 5:9ail notifications? clic$ on the G(onfi"ure 5:9ail ServerG lin$ located on the mainsettin"s 8a"e? enter the S90P server host name? S90P server 8ort? S90P user name?8assword and the source 5:9ail address to use to send 5:9ail notifications.


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4.2VX Search Server /o**and +ine Utilitn addition to the we&:&ased mana"ement interface? VX Search Server 8rovides a command

line utilit' allowin" one to control one or more VX Search Servers locall' or via the networ$.0he VX Search command line utilit' is located in =Product"ir>?bindirector'.

VX Search Server /o**and +ine Snta)@

v)search 9serverDshowDco**ands

Shows file search commands confi"ured in VX Search Server.

v)search 9serverDstartDco**and =/o**and a*e>

Starts the s8ecified file search command.

v)search 9serverDsto$Dco**and =/o**and a*e>

Sto8s the s8ecified file search command.

v)search 9serverDco**andDstatus =/o**and a*e>

Shows the current status of a file search command.

v)search 9serverDco**andDerrors =/o**and a*e>

Shows 8rocess errors for a file search command.

v)search 9serverDdeleteDco**and =/o**and a*e>

#eletes the s8ecified file search command.

v)search 9serverDe)$ortDre$orts 9re$ortsDdir ="irector>

5x8orts file search re8orts to the s8ecified director'.

v)search 9serverDi*$ortDre$orts 9re$ortsDdir ="irector>

m8orts file search re8orts from the s8ecified director'.

v)search 9serverDstatus

Shows the current VX Search Server status.

v)search 9serverDdebu!Dlo!

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Miscellaneous /o**ands@

v)search 9v

Shows the 8roduct maEor version? minor version? revision and &uild date.

v)search 9hel$

0his command shows the command line usa"e information.

/o**and +ine O$tions@

9host =Gost a*e>

S8ecifies the host name or an P address of VX Search Server to connect to. f not s8ecified?the command line utilit' will connect to the local host.

9$ort =Port u*ber>

S8ecifies the 0(PAP 8ort to connect to. f not s8ecified? the command line utilit' will connectto the default VX Search Server 0(PAP 8ort )123.

9user =User a*e>

S8ecifies a user name to lo"in to VX Search Server. f not s8ecified? the command line utilit'will lo"in usin" the default Qad*inQ user name.

9$assword =Password>

S8ecifies a 8assword to lo"in to VX Search Server. f not s8ecified? the command line utilit'will lo"in usin" the default Qad*inQ 8assword.


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4.0U$datin! VX Search ServerFlexense develo8s VX Search Server usin" a fast release c'cle with minor 8roduct versions?

u8dates and &u" fixes released almost ever' month and maEor 8roduct versions releasedever' 'ear. +ew 8roduct versions and 8roduct u8dates are 8u&lished on the 8roduct we& siteand ma' &e downloaded from the followin" 8a"e htt8AAwww.vxsearch.comAdownloads.html.

#ue to the fact that the 8roduct is es8eciall' desi"ned for servers runnin" in 8roductionenvironments where sta&ilit' is a maEor decision factor? VX Search Server u8dates should &emanuall' installed &' the user. n order to u8date an existin" 8roduct installation? downloadthe latest 8roduct version and Eust start the setu8 8ro"ram.

0he VX Search Server setu8 8ro"ram will 8ro8erl' shutdown the runnin" VX Search service?u8date the 8roduct and restart the VX Search service after finishin" the u8date 8rocedure. ll8roduct confi"uration files? confi"ured file search commands? file search re8orts and 8roduct

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4.18e!isterin! VX Search Server=ithin a cou8le of hours after 8urchasin" a 8roduct license? the customer will receive two e:

mail messa"es the first one confirmin" the 8a'ment and the second one containin" an unloc$$e'? which should &e used to re"ister the 8roduct. f 'ou will not receive 'our unloc$ $e'within 2* hours? 8lease chec$ 'our s8am &ox and if the unloc$ $e' is not in the s8am &ox

contact our su88ort team su$$ort:le)ense.co*.

f the com8uter where VX Search Server is installed on is connected to the nternet? lo"in tothe VX Search server Hdefault user name and 8assword ad*inAad*inI usin" a standard we&&rowser? clic$ on the G&outG lin$ located on the to8 menu &ar? 8ress the G7e"isterG &utton?

enter 'our name or 'our com8an' name? enter the received unloc$ $e' and 8ress the

G7e"isterG &utton.

f the com8uter is not connected to the nternet? 8ress the G9anual 7e"istrationG &utton?ex8ort the 8roduct # file and send the 8roduct # file to re!isterv)search.co* as anattachment. =ithin a cou8le of hours? 'ou will receive an unloc$ file? which should &e im8ortedin order to finish the re"istration 8rocedure.


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4.2VX Search Server OM VersionFlexense 8rovides s'stem inte"rators? value:added distri&utors and 0 service 8roviders with

the a&ilit' to resell VX Search Server andAor 8rovide services &ased on the 8roduct underthird:8art' &rand names. 7esellers and inte"rators are 8rovided with the a&ilit' to chan"e the8roduct name? the 8roduct we& site address? the 8roduct vendor name and the 8roduct vendor

we& site address.

n order to &e a&le to set custom ;59 8roduct and vendor information? the user needs tore"ister the 8roduct usin" a s8ecial ;59:5na&led unloc$ $e'? which ma' &e 8urchased on the

8roduct 8urchase 8a"e. ;nce the 8roduct is re"istered usin" an ;59 unloc$ $e'? o8en theG&outG 8a"e? 8ress the GSet ;59 nfoG &utton? s8ecif' 'our custom ;59 8roduct and vendorinformation and 8ress the GSaveG &utton.

(ustom ;59 8roduct and vendor information will &e dis8la'ed on all 8a"es of the VX Searchwe&:&ased mana"ement interface? in all t'8es of re8orts "enerated &' the 8roduct and allnotification 5:9ail messa"es sent &' VX Search Server.


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;n the next setu8 8a"e? select the #etailed (onfi"urationR o8tion and 8ress the +extR &utton.0he detailed confi"uration mode is re>uired to confi"ure the 9'S


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;n the next 8a"e? select the +on:0ransactional #ata&aseR o8tion. VX Search does not 8erformconcurrent insert or modif' o8erations on the data&ase and a transactional data&ase is notre>uired. 9oreover? confi"urin" the 9'S


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;n the next 8a"e? ena&le 0(PAP networ$in" and if the server will &e accessed from othercom8uters on the networ$? add a firewall exce8tion for the 9'S


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;n the next 8a"e? enter a new data source name? which will &e used &' VX Search to connectto the data&ase. S8ecif' the name of the host where the 9'Suired information? 8ress the 0estR &utton to chec$ the data&aseconnection.

'.4 /on:i!urin! VX Search "atabase /onnectionn order to confi"ure VX Search to use the installed 9'S


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