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20.13.1 Bundle Version Deployment Behavior (ZENworks Control Center vs. the zlman
20.14 Using a Remote Execute Policy to Remove Bundles and Packages from Devices. . . . . . . . 258
20.15 Generating Bundle Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
20.16 Best Practices for Adding Packages to Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
21 Understanding the Package and Content Management Features Available on a
Managed Device
21.1 Locking and Unlocking a Package on a Managed Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
21.2 Locking and Unlocking a Bundle on a Managed Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
21.2.1
21.2.2
21.2.3
21.3 Reverting to a Previously Installed Software Configuration State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
21.4 Installing the Best Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
21.4.1
21.4.2
22 Using Catalogs
22.1 Understanding Catalogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
22.2 Creating Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
22.3 Assigning Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
22.4 Adding Bundles to Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
22.5 Renaming or Moving Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
22.6 Deleting Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
22.7 Creating Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
23 Using Dell Update Package Bundles
23.1 Obtaining Dell Update Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
23.2 Assigning Dell Update Package Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
23.3 Determining If Newer Dell Package Updates Are Available for PowerEdge Servers. . . . . . . 287
23.4 Deploying an Updated Version of a Dell Update Package Bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
23.5 Modifying the Contents of a Dell Update Package Bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
24 Replicating Content in the ZENworks Management Zone
24.1 Replicating the Content Immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
24.2 Configuring a Content Replication Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
25 Mirroring Software
25.1 zlmmirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
25.2 xzlmmirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
25.3 Configuring a Software Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
25.3.1
25.3.2
25.3.3
25.3.4
25.3.5
25.4 Distributing Catalogs from a Public ZENworks Linux Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
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Locking or Unlocking a Bundle by Using the ZENworks Control Center . . . . . . . . . 266
Locking a Bundle by Using the Command Line Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Unlocking a Bundle by Using the Command Line Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Using the rug in Utility to Install the Best Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Using the zen-installer Utility to Install the Best Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Creating the Configuration Files by using the Command Line Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Creating a Configuration File by Using the xzlmmirror Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Mirroring Patch Bundles for SLES 10 / SLED 10 / SLES 11 / SLED 11 / OES 2 from the
NU and RCE Type Repositories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Testing and Performing the Mirroring Operation by Using zlmmirror. . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Testing and Performing the Mirroring Operation by Using the xzlmmirror Utility . . . 307
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