Registration Rules And Keys - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

Default Deployment Packages
The best option for accessing the default deployment packages is through ZENworks Control
Center:
1 From the Home page in ZENworks Control Center, click Download ZENworks Tools in the left
frame.
2 Download the default package that you require.
We recommend using one of the following deployment methods:
Use the Deployment task from ZENworks Control Center, after discovering or importing
devices.
Use your existing software distribution tool to deploy the agent.
Include the ZENworks Adaptive Agent in a new image.
For all methods you must have registration keys in place as described in
Rules and Keys," on page
For more information, see the
and Retirement Reference.
Custom Deployment Packages
During the ZENworks Configuration Management installation, default ZENworks Adaptive Agent
deployment packages are created. These packages are tied to the ZENworks Primary Server and
contain the URI from this server to register devices. There are no registration keys configured and
the registration process use default rules to register devices.
It is best practice to always use custom deployment packages when pushing the ZENworks Adaptive
Agent to your discovered or imported devices. You should avoid the use of the default Agent
deployment packages that are created because these include only default parameters that likely do
not meet the needs of the customer.
You must be familiar with these concepts before testing begins.

4.2.7 Registration Rules and Keys

When you deploy the ZENworks Adaptive Agent to a device, the device is registered in the
Management Zone and becomes a managed device. As part of the registration, you can specify the
device's ZENworks name and the folder and groups to which you want the device added.
By default, when a device's host name is used as its ZENworks name, it is added to the
folder, and it is not given membership in any groups. You can manually move
/Workstations
devices to other folders and add them to groups, but this can be a burdensome task if you have a
large number of devices or if you are consistently adding new devices. The best way to manage a
large number of devices is to have them automatically added to the correct folders and groups during
registration.
To add devices to folders and groups during registration, you can use registration keys, registration
rules, or both. Both registration keys and registration rules let you assign folder and group
memberships to a device. However, there are differences between keys and rules that you should be
aware of before choosing whether you want to use one or both methods for registration.
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