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ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System Administration Reference
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The name displays in the Closest Server Rules listing in ZENworks Control Center. To access
this listing, click
Configuration
in the left pane, click the
Configuration
tab, click the
Management Zone Settings
panel to open it, click the
Infrastructure Management
section to
open it, then click
Closest Server Rules
. All defined rules for the current level are displayed
there.
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If you do not want to append the Closest Server Default rule to the servers you are listing in this
Closest Server rule, select the
Exclude the Closest Server Default Rule
check box.
The Closest Server rules feature first uses the servers specified in the rule, then proceeds to any
other servers listed in the Closest Server Default rule if the specified servers are not available to
the managed device. Therefore, to obtain content only from the servers specified in the rule,
select this check box to exclude all other servers.
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Use the
Rule Logic
fields to create the rule expression.
An expression consists of a criteria option, operator, and value. For example:
DNS Name Filter equal to *.novell.com
DNS Name Filter
is the criteria option,
equal to
is the operator, and
*.novell.com
is the
value. In the above example, the Closest Server rule is applied only to devices whose DNS
name ends with
.novell.com
.
If necessary, you can use NOT to perform a logical negation of the expression. For example:
NOT DNS Name Filter equal to *.novell.com
In the above example, the Closest Server rule is applied only to devices whose DNS name does
not end with
.novell.com
.
You can use more than one expression for the rule. For example:
DNS Name Filter equal to provo.novell.com or IP Address equal to
123.45.678.12/24
You can use the following criteria:
Option
Explanation
DNS Name Filter
Matches DNS names that meet the filter criteria. You can specify an exact
filter or use a question mark (?) or an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to match one
or more characters in the DNS name. A ? matches one character and an *
matches one or more characters. Examples:
provo.novell.com: Matches all devices in the provo subdomain of the
novell.com top-level domain.
*.novell.com: Matches all devices in the novell.com top-level domain,
including any devices in subdomains.
provo?.novell.com: Matches all devices in the provo1 and provo 2
subdomains of the novell.com top-level domain; does not match devices in
the provo12 subdomain.
