Registering Devices; Installing The Zenworks Agent And Registering Devices; Registering A Device After Installing The Zenworks Agent - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

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The process of registering devices includes installing the ZENworks
registering the devices against a ZENworks Server. During installation of the ZENworks Agent
software, the device is automatically registered as long as you (or whoever is installing the software)
supplies the IP address or DNS name of a ZENworks Server in your Management Zone. You can
also register devices at a later time.
NOTE: If you plan to update Dell PowerEdge servers using Dell Update Packages, we recommend
that you mirror the packages from the Dell FTP site before installing the ZENworks Agent on the
managed PowerEdge servers. You can also mirror the packages after installing the ZENworks Agent
on the managed PowerEdge servers but before registering them in the ZENworks Management
Zone. Mirroring the Dell Update Packages prior to installing the ZENworks Agent or registering the
servers in the Management Zone ensures that all Dell model numbers are loaded into the database,
the standard reports are run as the servers register, and the Dell Update Packages exist in the
ZENworks package repository. For more information, see
Bundles," on page 279.
The following sections contain additional information:
Section 11.1, "Installing the ZENworks Agent and Registering Devices," on page 99
Section 11.2, "Registering a Device after Installing the ZENworks Agent," on page 99
Section 11.3, "Automatically Registering the Services at the Initial Startup of zmd," on
page 100
11.1 Installing the ZENworks Agent and
Registering Devices
You can register devices (servers or workstations) against a ZENworks Server during installation of
the ZENworks Agent on devices.
For more information about manually installing and registering the agent or automating installation
and registration using a script, see
Management Installation
11.2 Registering a Device after Installing the
ZENworks Agent
If the person who installed the ZENworks Agent on a device did not specify the Server address (IP
address or DNS name) during installation, the device can be registered at a later time by running the
following rug command from the device:
For SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Desktop 10
(SLED 10) managed devices:
/usr/bin/rug sa https://ZEN_Server_address
For all other managed devices:
"Setting Up Managed
Guide.
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Agent on devices and then
Chapter 23, "Using Dell Update Package
Devices" in the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux
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