Mirroring Software - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

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Novell ZENworks Linux Management lets you connect to a remote server and copy software
catalogs, bundles, or packages (including Dell Updated Packages) from the remote server to your
server by using a few simple commands.
Depending on your needs, you might have more than one ZENworks Management Zone in your
system. The information in this section helps you mirror content across Management Zones or from
remote servers. For information about replicating content from a ZENworks primary server to
ZENworks secondary servers in a particular Management Zone, see
Content in the ZENworks Management Zone," on page
You can mirror software by using the zlmmirror command line application. Software can be
mirrored to a ZENworks Primary Server from the following remote servers:
ZENworks Linux Management (from the servers in one ZENworks Management Zone to
another Management Zone)
Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
YaST Online Updates
Red Hat Network
Red Carpet Enterprise or ZENworks 6.6.x Linux Management
YUM (Yellow dog Updater, Modified)
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NOTE: To mirror from a ZENworks 6.6.x Linux Management server to a ZENworks 7.2 Linux
Management server, the 6.6.x server must also be a YaST Online Update (YOU) server.
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Novell, Dell, SUSE , and Red Hat each maintain servers of their respective types, enabling you to
simply mirror the catalogs and bundles you are interested in without needing to maintain or update
these repositories.
Mirroring is the preferred method to obtain the majority of the software you distribute to managed
devices.
NOTE: If you use a strict firewall where outbound connections are not all automatically allowed,
connecting to a remote port 80 or a remote port 443 is necessary.
The following sections contain additional information:
Section 25.1, "zlmmirror," on page 290
Section 25.2, "xzlmmirror," on page 290
Section 25.3, "Configuring a Software Mirror," on page 290
Section 25.4, "Distributing Catalogs from a Public ZENworks Linux Management Server," on
page 304
Section 25.5, "Mirroring Dell Update Packages to Your ZENworks Server," on page 305
Chapter 24, "Replicating
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