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Setting Up Preboot Services
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Setting Up Preboot Services
The section provides instructions for setting up Novell
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ZENworks
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Linux Management Preboot
Services:
Š
Section 29.1, “Preparing a Preboot Services Server,” on page 353
Š Section 29.2, “Setting Up the Preboot Services Methods,” on page 354
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Section 29.3, “Deploying and Managing Preboot Services,” on page 364
Š Section 29.4, “Configuring Preboot Services Defaults,” on page 379
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Section 29.5, “Overriding Preboot Services Defaults,” on page 399
Š Section 29.6, “Enabling PXE on Devices,” on page 401
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Section 29.7, “Setting Up Devices for Imaging,” on page 402
IMPORTANT: The Preboot Services software is automatically installed when you install
ZENworks Linux Management.
29.1 Preparing a Preboot Services Server
When you install Novell ZENworks Linux Management on a server, the server is nearly ready to act
as a Preboot Services server. To avoid confusion, the Proxy DHCP daemon (novell-proxydhcp) is
installed, but not enabled. For PXE devices to be able to communicate with Preboot Services, this
daemon must be started manually on at least one server on each network segment. Exactly how
many servers and which specific servers should run this daemon is dictated by your network
topology. As a rule of thumb, for every DHCP server deployed in your network, you should have a
corresponding Proxy DHCP server.
For information on setting up management of your devices, see Section 29.3, “Deploying and
Managing Preboot Services,” on page 364 and Section 29.4, “Configuring Preboot Services
Defaults,” on page 379 .
In addition to the specific hardware requirements for a ZENworks Linux Management server, the
server used to store image files must meet the following requirements:
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A fixed IP address: When you connect to the imaging server during an imaging operation, you
must do so using the fixed IP address or DNS name of the imaging server.
Š Enough space to store device images: Unless you use compression (which is enabled by
default) for your device images, they are nearly the same size as the data on the device hard
disk, which could be many gigabytes.
If you want to store an image locally (on a CD, DVD, or hard disk) rather than on an imaging
server, see
“Using a CD or DVD for Disconnected Imaging Operations” on page 424 and
“Using a Hard Disk for Disconnected Imaging Operations” on page 426 .