Zlmmirror; Xzlmmirror; Configuring A Software Mirror - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

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Section 25.6, "Mirroring Bundles Between ZENworks Linux Management Servers Located in
Different Management Zones," on page 312
Section 25.7, "Mirroring Red Hat Updates from the NU Repository by Using a YUM
Subscription," on page 314
Section 25.8, "Mirroring Dell Updates from the OpenManage Server Administrator Repository
by Using a YUM Subscription," on page 316
Section 25.9, "Deploying Red Hat Network Updates," on page 318
Section 25.10, "Encoding the ZENworks Server Password," on page 319

25.1 zlmmirror

All of the software components necessary to use zlmmirror are installed during the ZENworks
Linux Management installation process.
The zlmmirror executable is located in
zlmmirror at any time by running the following command:
zlmmirror --help
You can view the zlmmirror man page (man zlmmirror) on the ZENworks Server or see
(1) (page
554).

25.2 xzlmmirror

The xzlmmirror utility is a graphical user interface that lets you create and edit a mirror
configuration file, and store it in an XML file that is compatible with the existing zlmmirror utility.
You can view catalogs and bundles that are located on a remote repository by using this utility. You
can mirror software catalogs, bundles, and packages from external repositories by using these
configuration files.
For more information on creating a configuration file by using the xzlmmirror utility, see
Section 25.3.2, "Creating a Configuration File by Using the xzlmmirror Utility," on page
The xzlmmirror executable is located in

25.3 Configuring a Software Mirror

Configuring a software mirror consists of the following:
1. Creating a separate XML configuration file for each remote server you want to mirror. You can
create the configuration file either by using the command line utility or by using the xzlmmirror
utility.
See
Section 25.3.1, "Creating the Configuration Files by using the Command Line Utility," on
page 295
on page 300
2. Mirroring patch bundles.
See
Section 25.3.3, "Mirroring Patch Bundles for SLES 10 / SLED 10 / SLES 11 / SLED 11 /
OES 2 from the NU and RCE Type Repositories," on page 306
294 Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration Guide
/opt/novell/zenworks/bin/
and
Section 25.3.2, "Creating a Configuration File by Using the xzlmmirror Utility,"
/opt/novell/zenworks/bin/
. You can view help for
zlmmirror
300.
.

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