Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - 07-20-2009, Installation Manual

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ZENworks Control Center
The ZENworks Control Center is installed on all ZENworks Servers in the Management Zone. You
can perform all management tasks on the Primary Server and most management tasks on the
Secondary Servers. The one management exception on Secondary Servers is the manipulation
(adding, deleting, modifying) of RPM or Dell Update Packages in a bundle. This task is not
supported because the Primary Server is the source server for packages, meaning that packages are
replicated from the Primary Server to Secondary Servers on a regularly scheduled basis.
Manipulating a package on a Secondary Server rather than on the Primary Server would result in the
modified package being replaced (or removed) the next time the Secondary Server’s packages were
updated from the Primary Server.
If you use Novell iManager to administer other Novell products in your network environment, you
can enable the ZENworks Control Center to be launched from iManager. For details, see
“
ZENworks Control Center ” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration
Guide .
In addition to the ZENworks Control Center, you can use a command line utility, zlman, to manage
the objects in your ZENworks system. For example, you can add packages to bundles, associate
policies with devices, register devices, and assign administrator rights. The main advantage to using
the command line utility is the ability to create scripts for handling repetitive or mass operations.
Like the ZENworks Control Center, the zlman utility is installed on all ZENworks Servers. It has the
same management restriction as the ZENworks Control Center, meaning that you should not use it
to manipulate packages on Secondary Servers. For more information about zlman, see “
Command
Line Administration Utilities ” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration
Guide .
1.4 ZENworks Terms
This section contains explanations of the ZENworks Linux Management terms used in this
overview.