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ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3 - Release Notes
New Features
Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.3 includes the following new features:
Performance Enhancements
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Data grids support server-side sorting of the result set without re-executing the data set query
against the database engine. This optimization reduces the load on the database engine during
sorting operations in addition to providing fast response to user sort actions. The data set is re-
queried if the user refreshes the contents in the web browser, clicks the Update View button, or
navigates to a different section.
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Data-intensive screens in the management console are modified to use a server-side data cache.
This cache is used for all paging and sorting actions, specifically reducing load on the database
engine as well as providing faster response to the user.
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Context specific subsets of data are downloaded to the client upon demand rather than all at
once. This optimization allows pages to render faster because data retrieval is optimized for
each user request.
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Administrators can throttle the amount of network bandwidth used by the agent for all
operations. This policy enables the administrator to set the maximum transfer rate (in number of
kilobytes per second) the agent can use during any of its network operations. Administrators
can also set a minimum file size trigger (in kilobytes), which tells the agent to disregard the
bandwidth throttling policy when downloading files smaller than a certain size. Bandwidth
throttling is not enabled by default.
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Both Discover Applicable Updates (DAU) and Refresh Inventory Data (RID) processes are
handled by the agent rather than the ZENworks Patch Management Server for the purpose of
generating a delta and uploading only the changes. This optimization reduces the data
processing load on the ZENworks Patch Management Server.
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Several other performance enhancements
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Package downloads can be suspended at any time regardless of how much has been
downloaded and resumed at a later time. This applies to interruptions caused by Hours Of
Operation and download errors or failures
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The ZENworks Patch Management Server Diagnostic tool is updated to test subscription
replication and validate new configuration components in 6.3
User Interface Enhancements
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Management console data grids include paging controls allowing users to select the number of
rows displayed per page, and move forward or backward between pages in the result set.
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Administrators can select Inventory classes collected during Inventory scans. Available
Inventory classes are sensitive to Inventory classes found by the ZENworks Patch Management
agents registered with the ZENworks Patch Management Server . The default is to collect all
Inventory.
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The entire management console is ported to ASP.NET enabling more robust data handling.
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Data-intensive pages include a new paging control allowing users to determine whether or not
they want to query and load associated data when first navigating to the page. This optimization
gives users the option to specify filter criteria prior to executing a query against the database.
