Testing And Performing The Mirroring Operation By Using Zlmmirror; Testing And Performing The Mirroring Operation By Using The Xzlmmirror Utility - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

NOTE: The local name for the catalog should not be same as the name reserved for the folder
<catalogname>-patches. In other words, the <localName> tag of the mirror configuration
file should not use the same name as the <catalogname>-patches.
25.3.4 Testing and Performing the Mirroring Operation by
Using zlmmirror
Before starting the mirroring operation, make sure that at least 10 GB of diskspace is available on
the device.
After you have created the configuration file for a remote server, run the following command to
perform a dry run of the mirroring operation, and optionally add the verbose flag to see detailed
messages:
zlmmirror mirror -c filename.xml --dryrun --verbose
If this operation provides the intended results, run the mirror command without the dry run flag to
complete the operation:
zlmmirror mirror -c zlmmirror-config.xml
If you mirror a bundle that contains multiple packages with multiple install type/freshen flags set, a
unique version of the bundle is created for each install type/freshen combination.
For example, suppose you mirror a bundle that contains four packages assigned to one OS target. Of
these four packages, one package has the install type flag set to false, the second package has the
install flag set to true, the third package has the freshen flag set to false, and the fourth package has
the freshen flag set to true. In this situation, four unique versions of the bundle are created.
The number of unique bundles created also depends on the number of OS targets. In the previous
example, suppose the four packages, each with a different install type/freshen combination, have
two OS targets. In this situation, a unique bundle is created for each install type/freshen combination
and another unique bundle is created for each OS target. In this example, eight unique bundles are
created.
The number of unique bundle versions created equals the number of unique install type/freshen
combinations times the number of unique OS targets.
25.3.5 Testing and Performing the Mirroring Operation by
Using the xzlmmirror Utility
Before you begin the mirroring process, you need to create the mirror configuration file. For more
information, see Section 25.3.2, "Creating a Configuration File by Using the xzlmmirror Utility," on
page 296.
To mirror the software:
1 Click Initiate Mirror in the Catalogs Settings window to initiate the mirroring process. The
Mirror Options dialog box is displayed.
2 Select the options that you need:
Dry run: Prints the packages to be mirrored or added.
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