Discovery And Deployment Methods; Deploy And Test Policies; Deploy And Test Applications - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

Discovery and Deployment Methods

A new ZENworks customer might not have a desktop management solution already in place. In this
scenario, the customer needs to try various methods for deploying the ZENworks Adaptive Agent to
new machines. ZENworks Configuration Management provides the ability to discover devices via
IP or LDAP discovery routines and then to target remote deployments of the agent to these
discovery devices. For remote agent deployment to function a number of criteria must be in place,
such as:
Simple File Sharing is disabled
An administrative credential must be provided
If it is not possible to deploy devices via the built-in deployment tool, a number of other methods
can be investigated. For each of the following methods, the process should be tested to ensure that
the process is acceptable to the end user and that the ZENworks Adaptive Agent can be successfully
deployed.
"Login Scripts" on page 86
"Manual Agent Download" on page 86
Login Scripts
If the customer utilizes a directory, the Adaptive Agent can be deployed through login scripts.
NOTE: The end user must have the necessary privileges to install the Adaptive Agent.
Manual Agent Download
The last resort for agent deployment is to manually download the agent from the ZENworks Control
Center. Alternatively, customers can place the agent installation on their own intranet pages to allow
users to install the product.

Deploy and Test Policies

After the ZENworks Adaptive Agents are deployed in the model office environment, the ZENworks
policies can be tested to ensure that the desired result is achieved. Particular attention might be
directed to the deployment of Group Policies. Group Policies in ZENworks Configuration
Management are plural, allowing multiple policies to be stacked. It is important that the different
policy stacks are tested.

Deploy and Test Applications

Test all applications that are to be made available on the first day of the production rollout. This
testing should include:
"Standard Applications" on page 87
"Line of Business Applications " on page 87
"Specialized Applications" on page 87
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