Configuring The Zenworks Server Preferences - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

5 Configure the following settings to register the managed devices and upload their basic
hardware inventory information to Novell Customer Center:
Select Enable link-up with Novell Customer Center.
This enables the server to periodically transmit information about itself and its managed
devices to Novell Customer Center.
In Update Interval (Hrs), specify how often the server must send information to Novell
Customer Center. By default, the interval is 3 hours.
6 Click Apply, then click OK.
NOTE: To view the information uploaded by the ZENworks Linux Management Satellite server,
ensure that the Novell Customer Center account is created before registering the ZENworks Linux
Management Server to Novell Customer Center.
7.12 Configuring the ZENworks Server
Preferences
ZENworks Server preferences are used to control events triggered from managed device as well as
from ZENworks Server. These preferences are configured by default. The following preferences are
available for the ZENworks Linux Management Server:
allow-rebuild: Enables or disables the rebuild action of the managed device during the device
registration process. The default value is False.
compute-package-device-updates: Enables or disables both Package Updates and Device
Updates Queue actions triggered on the ZENworks Server. The default value is True.
show-updates-icon: Enables or disables the Updates icon for devices displayed under the
Devices tab. The default value is True.
store-file-deps: Enables or disables filtering of RPM Package dependency metadata. The
default value is True.
You can only edit the value of the preferences.
To edit the ZENworks Server preferences:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.
2 Click ZLM Server Preferences.
The ZENworks Server Settings page displays the preferences configured for the server.
3 Click Edit Preferences to display the Configure Server Preferences dialog box.
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