Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual page 543

You must create a different XML configuration for each remote server you mirror. A template
XML file can be created using the conf-generate command. See the ZENworks Linux
Management Administration Guide for detailed instructions on mirroring.
The following is a description of the sections contained in the zlmmirror XML configuration
file. You must provide details about the remote server containing the software you want to
mirror, and the local server, which is your ZLM server receiving the mirrored software, as well
as information on the catalogs, bundles, and packages you want mirrored.
Remote Server
The remote server is specified according to the following:
<RemoteServer>
<Base>https://zlm.novell.com/</Base>
<Type>zlm</Type>
<User>Administrator</User>
<Password>letmein</Password>
</RemoteServer>
Base - Path to the server you want to mirror, in the following format depending on Type:
ZLM: https://server
DELL: http://ftp.dell.com
RCE: https://server/path
YaST: http(s)://server/path or ftp://server/path
RHN: http(s)://server/path
NU: https://nu.novell.com/repo
YUM: YUM respositories for SUSE such as http://poincare.suse.de/
testrepo/
Type - Type of server you want to mirror:
ZLM: ZENworks 7 Linux Management
DELL: Dell Update Package FTP Server
RCE: Red Carpet Enterprise, or ZENworks 6.x Linux Management
YaST: YaST Online Updates
RHN: Red Hat Network
NU: Novell Updates
YUM: Yellow Dog Updater, Modified
User - Name to use when connecting to the remote server. If no user is specified, zlmmirror
reads the identity from the following location depending on Type:
ZLM: /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd/deviceid on SLES 9 and OES, and /
etc/zmd/deviceid on SLES 10 and SLED 10
RCE: /etc/ximian/mcookie
YaST: /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate
NU: /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd/deviceid on SLES 9 and OES, and /
etc/zmd/deviceid on SLES 10 and SLED 10
YUM: Does not require any authentication.
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