Application Management - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

Use the auto-fill function to avoid user input. System variables and registry settings can be used to
silently collect the demographic data. These variables or settings can be delivered through the install
process or through bundles. Administrator-defined fields should be created to collect additional
information.
For more information, see
Management Asset Inventory Reference

4.2.10 Application Management

You are not required to organize bundles into different folders, but we recommend that you use a
minimal folder structure to divide applications and images. If bundles are organized logically and
granularly, it becomes very easy to create special administrative accounts that only have limited
rights to a given folder or set of folders.
"Recommendations for Organizing Bundles" on page 69
"Bundle Groups" on page 70
"Assigning Bundles" on page 71
"Importing and Exporting Bundles" on page 71
"Application Delivery Mechanism" on page 72
Recommendations for Organizing Bundles
Every organization is different and has different requirements for organizing content. The important
thing to keep in mind is that you should always organize your content according to how your
organization views it. If you do not organize the content and simply put everything into the default
folder, it becomes unmanageable within a very short time.
Keeping this in mind, some best practices for organizing your bundle objects include:
Creating a folder for application bundles.
Creating a folder for imaging bundles.
The folder is an auto-generated folder that contains all patch-service related bundles. Although
ZPM
the bundles in this folder can be changed and additional ones created, we recommend that you do
not change the folder and the bundles within it.
We recommend that you create folders under the base Bundles folder to group imaging and
application bundles together. The following list provides examples of the types of folders that can be
created:
Create a folder for software vendors:
Microsoft (Office, Internet Explorer, MediaPlayer)
Adobe (Reader, Photoshop)
SAP (Basis, HR)
Novell
Create a folder for special applications:
CAD
"Scanning Demographic Data" in the ZENworks 10 Configuration
Performing Design Activities 69