Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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The files that you upload to a bundle must already exist on the local device on which you are
running the ZENworks Control Center. You can use either the
Upload option or the Import
from bundle option, or you can use both options, depending on your needs.
After you upload or import files into the list, you can remove a selected package from the list
by using the
Remove option.
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(Optional) Click Add > Upload to open the File Upload dialog box, then fill in the fields:
Destination: Specify the full path of the destination where the files will be deployed on
the assigned devices.
Permissions: Specify the UNIX file permissions to be applied to the files after
deployment. A reasonable standard for file permissions is 644. This option is not
applicable for compressed files.
Unpack: Select Unpack to indicate that the files are compressed and should be
decompressed and extracted on the assigned devices. If you select Unpack , the
Permissions option is not applicable. The supported compression formats are
tar.gz
and
tar.bz2
.
Target platforms: Select one or more platforms from the Target Platforms list. You can
press
Shift+click
or
Ctrl+click
to select multiple platforms.
File to upload: Browse to and select the files that you want to add to the bundle. The files
must be located on the local device on which you are running the ZENworks Control
Center. Click
OK to upload the files to the ZENworks Linux Management server.
If an existing file bundle is upgraded, and during upgrade if you remove one or more files
from the bundle, the newer version of the bundle is deployed on the managed device but
the files removed from the file bundle is not removed from the managed device. To
remove files deployed through a file bundle, disassociate the file bundle from the managed
device.