Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Administration Guide
- Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Administration Guide
- Understanding ZENworks Linux Management
- A Quick Tutorial on Basic ZENworks Linux Management Features
- Organizing Devices: Folders and Groups
- Creating Registration Keys and Rules
- Setting Up ZENworks Administrator Accounts
- Delivering Software Packages
- Delivering Content Using File Bundles
- Defining and Locking Down Device Configuration Settings
- Using Preboot Services
- Collecting Software and Hardware Inventory
- Managing Remote Devices
- Monitoring Events
- Generating Reports
- Using ZENworks Linux Management with Dell PowerEdge Servers
- Configuring PowerEdge Servers using Dell Configuration Bundles
- Obtaining, Configuring, and Updating PowerEdge Servers Using Dell Update Package Bundles
- Using Advanced Dell Inventory Information
- Using Advanced Dell Inventory Reports
- ZENworks System Management
- ZENworks Control Center
- Where the ZENworks Control Center Is Installed
- Accessing the ZENworks Control Center
- Accessing the ZENworks Control Center through Novell iManager
- Changing the Timeout Value for the ZENworks Control Center
- Changing the Debug Settings of ZENworks Control Center
- Command Line Administration Utilities
- zlman
- zlm-debug
- zlmmirror
- rug
- zmd
- zrmservice
- ZENworks Server
- ZENworks Services
- RPM Package Repository
- Uninstalling a ZENworks Server
- Freeing Disk Space on a ZENworks Server
- ZENworks Agent
- ZENworks Agent (zmd)
- File System Access
- Using the Software Updater, Installer, and Remover from Users’ Managed Devices
- Uninstalling the ZENworks Agent
- Configuring Management Zone Settings
- Configuring System Variables
- Configuring the Device Refresh Schedule
- Configuring Device Inventory Settings
- Configuring Local Device Logging
- Configuring Preboot Services
- Configuring Remote Management
- Configuring Centralized Message Logging
- Configuring the Content Replication Schedule
- Viewing Default Target Platforms and Configuring Custom Target Platforms
- Configuring the ZENworks Management Daemon (zmd) Settings
- Integrating Novell Customer Center with ZENworks Linux Management
- Configuring the ZENworks Server Preferences
- Understanding the StoreFileDeps Preference
- ZENworks Administrator Accounts
- Creating an Administrator Account
- Modifying Account Rights
- ZENworks Object Store and Data Store Maintenance
- Maintaining the ZENworks Object Store
- Maintaining the ZENworks Data Store on PostgreSQL
- Maintaining the ZENworks Data Store on Oracle
- Synchronizing the Object Store and Data Store
- Cleaning Up the ZENworks Database
- Device Registration
- Registration Overview
- Registering Devices
- Installing the ZENworks Agent and Registering Devices
- Registering a Device after Installing the ZENworks Agent
- Automatically Registering the Services at the Initial Startup of zmd
- Managing Registration Keys and Rules
- Managing Registration Keys
- Managing Registration Rules
- Creating Folders
- Unregistering and Reregistering Devices
- Possible Scenarios for Unregistering and Reregistering Devices
- Unregistering Devices
- Reregistering Devices
- Policy Management
- Policy Management Overview
- Understanding Policies
- Creating Policies
- Managing Policies
- Understanding Policies
- Types of Policies
- Assignments
- Schedules
- Groups
- System Requirements
- Effective Policies
- Creating Policies
- Epiphany Policy
- Evolution Policy
- Firefox Policy
- Generic GNOME Policy
- Novell Linux Desktop Policy
- Remote Execute Policy
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Policy
- Text File Policy
- Managing Policies
- Creating Policies
- Creating Folders
- Creating Policy Groups
- Assigning Policies
- Removing Policy Assignments
- Adding Policies to Existing Groups
- Editing Policies
- Editing System Requirements
- Refreshing Policies
- Verifying Policy Enforcement
- Renaming, Copying, or Moving Policies
- Deleting Policies, Policy Groups, and Folders
- Unenforcing Policies
- Package and Content Management
- Package and Content Management Overview
- Understanding RPM and File Bundles
- Understanding Catalogs
- Understanding Dell Update Package Bundles
- Understanding the zlman Utility
- Replicating Content in the ZENworks Management Zone
- Mirroring Software
- Understanding RPM Packages
- Installing the RPM Packages
- Understanding the RPM Repositories
- Understanding the Dependencies of RPM Packages
- Loading Base Packages
- Patching the Client Systems
- Using RPM and File Bundles
- Understanding Bundles
- Creating RPM Bundles
- Creating File Bundles
- Assigning Bundles
- Editing Bundles
- Adding Bundles to Catalogs
- Creating Folders
- Creating Bundle Groups
- Adding Bundles to Existing Groups
- Uninstalling Bundles from Devices
- Deleting Bundles, Bundle Groups, and Folders
- Renaming, Copying, or Moving Bundles
- Deploying a Different Version of a Bundle
- Using a Remote Execute Policy to Remove Bundles and Packages from Devices
- Generating Bundle Reports
- Best Practices for Adding Packages to Bundles
- Understanding the Package and Content Management Features Available on a Managed Device
- Locking and Unlocking a Package on a Managed Device
- Locking and Unlocking a Bundle on a Managed Device
- Reverting to a Previously Installed Software Configuration State
- Installing the Best Package
- Using Catalogs
- Understanding Catalogs
- Creating Catalogs
- Assigning Catalogs
- Adding Bundles to Catalogs
- Renaming or Moving Catalogs
- Deleting Catalogs
- Creating Folders
- Using Dell Update Package Bundles
- Obtaining Dell Update Packages
- Assigning Dell Update Package Bundles
- Determining If Newer Dell Package Updates Are Available for PowerEdge Servers
- Deploying an Updated Version of a Dell Update Package Bundle
- Modifying the Contents of a Dell Update Package Bundle
- Replicating Content in the ZENworks Management Zone
- Replicating the Content Immediately
- Configuring a Content Replication Schedule
- Mirroring Software
- zlmmirror
- xzlmmirror
- Configuring a Software Mirror
- Distributing Catalogs from a Public ZENworks Linux Management Server
- Mirroring Dell Update Packages to Your ZENworks Server
- Mirroring Bundles Between ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Servers Located in Different Management Zones
- Deploying Red Hat Network Updates
- Encoding the ZENworks Server Password
- Creating RPM Packages From Tarballs
- Alien Package Converter Overview
- Installing Alien Package Converter
- Example Usage
- Preboot Services
- Preboot Services Overview
- Preboot Services Functionality
- Preboot Services Strategies
- Preboot Bundles
- Configuring Preboot Services
- Setting Up Devices to Use Preboot Bundles
- Understanding Preboot Services in ZENworks Linux Management
- How Do You Implement Preboot Services?
- What Is the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)?
- Preboot Services Functionality
- The Preboot Services Processes
- Preboot Strategies
- Setting Up Preboot Services
- Preparing a Preboot Services Server
- Setting Up the Preboot Services Methods
- Deploying and Managing Preboot Services
- Configuring Preboot Services Defaults
- Overriding Preboot Services Defaults
- Enabling PXE on Devices
- Setting Up Devices for Imaging
- Using Preboot Services
- Imaging Devices
- Multicasting Images
- Configuring AutoYaST or Kickstart Installation Script Bundles
- Configuring ZENworks Script Bundles
- Using Dell Configuration Bundles
- Assigning Unassigned Preboot Bundles
- Editing Preboot Services Work
- Imaging Utilities and Components
- Starting Image Explorer
- Determining the Image Explorer Version
- Image Explorer versus Linux Konquerer
- Opening an Image
- Saving Image Changes and Exiting the Utility
- Managing Image Properties
- Image File Operations
- Modifying Image Content
- Creating a New Image File
- Hardware and Software Inventory
- Inventory Overview
- Reviewing the Device Inventory
- Accessing the Device Inventory
- Reviewing Device Inventory Summaries
- Reviewing Hardware (General)
- Reviewing Software (General)
- Reviewing Hardware Details
- Refreshing Device Inventory
- Rolling Up Hardware Inventory
- Preparing to Roll Up Inventory
- Configuring the Inventory Roll-Up Policy
- Understanding the Roll-Up Process
- Understanding the Components Involved in the Inventory Roll-Up
- Viewing the Inventory Data Stored in the ZENworks 7 Server Management or ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Inventory Database
- Remote Management
- Remote Management Overview
- Remote Management Terminology
- Understanding the Remote Management Components
- Setting Up Remote Management
- Configuring the Remote Management Settings
- Configuring Remote Management Agent
- Starting Remote Management Operations Using the ZENworks Control Center
- Starting Remote Management Operations Using the Native VNCViewer
- Establishing SSH Tunneling
- Improving Remote Management Performance
- Event Monitoring
- Event Monitoring Overview
- Event Monitoring Terminology
- Monitoring Device Events
- Monitoring Policy Events
- Monitoring Bundle Events
- Using the Hot List
- Backing Up the Log Files
- Working with Event Logs
- The Event Log Page
- Working with the Log Pages
- Message Logger
- What Is Message Logger?
- Message Severity
- Message Format
- Debugging and Logging ZMD
- Viewing the Debug Logs on ZENworks Server
- Configuring Message Logger Settings
- Configuring Message Logger Settings for the Primary Server
- Configuring Message Logger Settings for a Managed Device
- Reports
- Reports Overview
- Bundle Reports
- Dell Reports
- Device Reports
- Generating ZENworks Reports
- Creating a Folder
- Creating a Report
- Organizing Reports and Folders
- Modifying Report Details
- Generating Reports
- Exporting Reports
- Resetting Default Reports
- Appendixes
- Command Line Utilities
- zmd (8)
- zrmservice (1)
- zlm-debug (1)
- zlmmirror (1)
- zlman (1)
- rug (1)
- Bundle and Policy Schedules
- No Schedule
- Date Specific
- Day of the Week Specific
- Event
- Monthly
- Relative to Refresh
- Naming Conventions in the ZENworks Control Center
- Imaging Utilities and Components
- Image Explorer (imgexp.exe)
- Novell ZENworks Linux Management Imaging Agent (novell-zislnx)
- Image-Safe Data Viewer and Editor (zisview and zisedit)
- ZENworks Imaging Floppy Boot Disk Creator (zmediacreator.exe)
- Imaging Configuration Parameters (settings.txt)
- Imaging Boot Parameter for PCMCIA Cards
- Imaging Server
- ZENworks Imaging Engine Commands
- Help Mode (img help)
- Automatic Mode (img auto)
- Make Mode (img make)
- Restore Mode (img restore)
- Session (Multicast) Mode (img session)
- Partition Mode (img part)
- ZENworks Partition Mode (img zenPartition)
- Dump Mode (img dump)
- Information Mode (img info)
- Updating ZENworks Imaging Resource Files
- The Linux Distribution for Imaging
- Understanding Device Boot Processes in a ZENworks Imaging Environment
- Understanding ZENworks Partitions and Command Line Parameters
- Modifying ZENworks Imaging Resource Files
- Adding or Updating LAN Drivers
- Using Uname
- Variables and Parameters
- Troubleshooting Linux Driver Problems
- Upgrading the Dell DTK
- Supported Ethernet Cards
- Using a Specific Network Card for Devices Running Dual NICs
- Establishing SSH Tunneling
- SSH Tunneling between a Linux Management Console and a Linux Managed Device
- SSH Tunneling between a Windows Management Console and a Linux Managed Device
- Compression
- License Agreement for libacl and libgconf
- Library GNU Public License
- Documentation Updates
- September 25, 20 (Hot Patch 2)
- July 28, 2008
- June 26, 2008
- May 19, 2008 (Interim Release 2)
- January 11, 2008
- October 16, 2007
- September 3, 2007
- August 23, 2007 (Interim Release 1)
- June 11, 2007
- June 2, 2007
- May 18, 2007
- April 13, 2007
- Legal Notices