Multicasting Manually - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

4 Click Finish to enable multicasting for the selected device.
5 Click OK to the message that indicates multicasting is successfully enabled.
The next time a device assigned to the multicast bundle boots, it can become part of that
multicast session. For more information, see

30.2.2 Multicasting Manually

If you want to perform a manual multicast session, you need to start the multicast session from the
ZENworks imaging server and physically visit each participating device. Performing a manual
multicast session is particularly useful in a lab environment in which a small number of devices
participate.
The following sections contain step-by-step information about performing a manual multicast
session. You must perform the steps in both of the following sections; however, the order in which
you perform these tasks does not matter.
"Initiating a Multicast Session from the ZENworks Imaging Server" on page 425
"Initiating a Multicast Session from Each Client" on page 427
Initiating a Multicast Session from the ZENworks Imaging Server
On the ZENworks Linux Management imaging server, do the following to initiate the multicast
session:
1 In the shell console, enter the following command to make sure the imaging software is
running:
/etc/init.d/novell-pbserv -status
If it is not running, then enter:
/etc/init.d/novell-pbserv -start
2 In the shell console, enter the following command to enable a multicast session:
/opt/novell/zenworks/preboot/bin/novell-zmgmcast -mcast arguments
where arguments represents the following that you can append to the command line:
Section 30.2, "Multicasting Images," on page 419.
Using Preboot Services 425