Creating and Sharing the Graphics Image Folders

This topic describes how to create a file share so you can share folders on a Windows Server file server.

If you want to use Network Access Storage (NAS) or a different storage type, see your storage vendor documentation.

Connect to the computer acting as the ObserveIT file share.
Open Windows File Explorer. (You can open the Start menu and type in explorer, then Enter.)
In Windows File Explorer, navigate to a disk where the ObserveIT image store folder is to be located.
Create a new folder. (Click New and then Folder) and right-click some empty space inside the File Explorer window).
Give the folder an appropriate name, for example: OITHotStorage.
Right-click the folder, click Share With, and click Specific people.
Type in the account name, for example OITServiceAccount and click Add.

The new account is added.
Select the account and set the Permission Level. Choose Read/Write. Click Share.
Your folder is shared.
Create folders for the ObserveIT Archive folder, for example: OITWarmStorage and OITArchive by repeating the previous steps.

Make a note to remember the paths to the current shares. You'll need them later.

For example:
```
\\filesrv\OITData\OITHotStorage
```
```
\\filesrv\OITData\OITWarmStorage
```
```
\\filesrv\OITData\OITArchive
```

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