How VENM Stores Data
Most data in VNCScan
centers around the groups.xml file. This means that most
other data resides in the same folder as this file. When you
change the location of the groups.xml file in the main
VNCScan preferences, much of the other data follows suit.
The default location for
VNCScan data is under your “My Documents” folder inside a
subfolder of “VNCScan\data”. If you browse that folder with
Windows Explorer, you will see a lot of XML files.
There are a few key files
that have special meaning. Here they are with their
functions:
·
Settings.xml – This
file holds all of the initial settings for the
console. It contains any customized file locations
such as an alternate location for the groups.xml
along with anything else that is global to the
application.
·
Groups.xml – This
holds all of your group names along with their
settings. You will find XML files in the same folder
named after the group names, also. These files hold
the computers and their settings.
For instance, if you have a group named “Default”,
it would be listed in the groups.xml as well as have
its own file named default.xml to hold it’s
computers. It is separated out like this to improve
performance.
·
ConnectionLogs.xml –
This holds the connection logs for each computer. It
resides in the same folder as the groups.xml and
moves with it.
·
Computername_maint.xml – The Computername is any
computer name with a maintenance log. These files
store the maintenance logs for the computers.
Note: There is also a
file called settings.xml located in the VNCScan program
folder. That file should be backed up and restored with
the rest of your data.
Other folders worth noting
under ‘My Documents\VNCScan’ are:
·
Jobs – Stores all of
the remote scripts and their settings
·
Profiles – Stores all
of your VNC deployment profiles and their settings
Backing Up Your Data
These are the default
folder locations that you should be backing up regularly:
·
‘My
documents\VNCScan’
·
‘C:\Program
Files\Bozteck\VNCScan Console .NET’
·
‘C:\fastpush’
Restoring Your Data
1. Close the
VNCScan console and any open VNC sessions
2. Restore the
data from your backup into the proper locations
3. Launch VNCScan
Console.
Thank you,
Steve Bostedor