Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual page 267

5 (Optional) Select the Hide this catalog in the client user interface option to hide the catalog
from users; the catalog displays in the ZENworks Control Center interface, which is the
administrative tool for ZENworks Linux Management, but is hidden from users.
This option is useful if you have a bundle or catalog containing a primary package that has
dependent packages that must already be installed on devices. You can hide the catalog
containing these dependent packages from users. When the primary package in a bundle or
catalog is deployed and installed, all dependent packages in the hidden catalog are also
deployed and installed.
For example, suppose you have an anti-virus application that you want to deploy and install
using a catalog. You could make this catalog visible to users. Suppose that you also need to
install updated definition files on devices before the primary package in the bundle or catalog
can be installed. You could hide the catalog containing the definition files from users. When the
primary package in the bundle or in the visible catalog is deployed and installed, the dependent
packages in the hidden catalog are also deployed and installed.
IMPORTANT: If you hide an optional catalog (none of the packages contains dependent
packages) from the user interface, the catalog is never deployed and installed. For this reason,
you should only hide catalogs that contain dependent packages. When the primary package
contained in a bundle or catalog is deployed and installed, the dependent packages contained in
the hidden catalog are also deployed and installed.
6 Click Next to display the Summary page, then review the information on the Summary page,
making any changes to the bundle settings by using the Back button as necessary.
Depending on your needs, you can create the catalog now or you can configure additional
settings for this catalog.
7 Click Finish to create the Catalog as configured per settings on the Summary page. If you click
Finish, the catalog is created but it does not contain bundles, have any assignments, a schedule,
and so forth. At some time in the future, you need to perform the steps under
"Assigning Catalogs," on page
or
Click Next to display the Select Bundles page to perform the following tasks:
Specify bundles and bundle groups to place in this catalog
Specify the assignments for this catalog
Specify special flags, such as flags to specify to remove conflicting packages or trying a
dry run to test a bundle's deployment
Specify the update and deployment schedules for this bundle
271.
Section 22.3,
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