Creating System Variables; Using Variables In Zenworks Policies: A Sample Use Case - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

7.1.1 Creating System Variables

To provide a variable at the device level:
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.
2 Navigate to and click the desired device, click the Settings tab.
3 Click System Variables, then click Override settings.
4 To add a system variable, click Add, then fill in the Name and Value fields.
When specifying the variable in an object's field, use the following syntax:
${VAR_NAME}
5 Click OK.
Click the
To provide a variable at the folder level: from the ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab,
click the (Details) link next to the desired folder, click the Settings tab, then click System Variables.
Click the
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.
2 Click the (Details) link next to the desired folder, click the Settings tab, then click System
Variables, then click Override settings.
3 To add a system variable, click Add, then fill in the Name and Value fields.
When specifying the variable in an object's field, use the following syntax:
${VAR_NAME}
4 Click OK.
Click the
To set system variables for your ZENworks system:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.
2 Click System Variables.
3 To add a system variable, click Add, then fill in the Name and Value fields.
When specifying the variable in an object's field, use the following syntax:
${VAR_NAME}
4 Click OK.
7.1.2 Using Variables in ZENworks Policies: A Sample Use
Case
In this scenario, you have a SLES 9 and a SLES 10 managed device. Both devices have a common
file, deviceid. On SLES 9, the file is located at /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd, and
on SLES 10 it is located at /etc/zmd. Assume that you want to place a copy of deviceid in the
/tmp directory on both devices by using the Remote Execute policy. Instead of creating two
Remote Execute policies, one each for the SLES 9 and SLES 10 managed device, you can create one
policy by using system variables.
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