Unregistering Devices; Reregistering Devices - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

IMPORTANT: If you delete a device object in the ZENworks Control Center but do not
unregister the device, when the device is refreshed according to its schedule or if the user runs
the rug refresh command, the device reregisters and a corresponding device object is re-
created in the ZENworks Control Center. If you no longer want to manage the device using
ZENworks Linux Management, ensure that you unregister the device, as explained below.
When you unregister a device, the ZENworks Agent software remains on the device. You can
leave the ZENworks Agent on the device in case you want to reregister it, or you can uninstall
the ZENworks Agent. For more information, see
Agent," on page

13.2 Unregistering Devices

To unregister a device, run the rug sd command from the device.
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED10)
managed devices:
/usr/bin/rug sd
For other managed devices:
/opt/novell/zenworks/bin/rug sd
You can also unregister a device by using the Software Installer or Updater. For more information,
see Section 6.3, "Using the Software Updater, Installer, and Remover from Users' Managed
Devices," on page

13.3 Reregistering Devices

To reregister a device, run the rug sa command from the device.
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED10)
managed devices:
/usr/bin/rug sa https://ZEN_Server_address
For other managed devices:
/opt/novell/zenworks/bin/rug sa https://ZEN_Server_address
Replace ZEN_Server_address with the IP address or DNS name of the primary or secondary server.
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