Distributing Catalogs From A Public Zenworks Linux Management Server; Creating A Public Zenworks Linux Management Server; Accessing A Public Zenworks Linux Management Server - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

To mirror the software:
1 Click Initiate Mirror in the Catalogs Settings window to initiate the mirroring process. The
Mirror Options dialog box is displayed.
2 Select the options that you need:
Dry run: Prints the packages to be mirrored or added.
Packagesets: Mirrors only the patch bundles for RCE and NU servers. This excludes the
package set bundles.
Force nevra: Overwrites an existing package with a new package with a conflicting NEVRA
(name, epoch, version, release, and architecture).
Re-Download: Downloads the contents even if they are already mirrored.
Sync-local: Synchronizes the local server repository with the remote server repository.
Debug: Displays the debug output.
Verbose: Displays the verbose output.
3 Click OK. The Configuration Summary dialog box is displayed, where you can view the mirror
options and all the mirror configuration settings.
4 Click Proceed to begin the mirroring process.
25.4 Distributing Catalogs from a Public
ZENworks Linux Management Server
The following sections contain additional information:
Section 25.4.1, "Creating a Public ZENworks Linux Management Server," on page 308
Section 25.4.2, "Accessing a Public ZENworks Linux Management Server," on page 308

25.4.1 Creating a Public ZENworks Linux Management Server

1 Create a default registration rule on the ZENworks Linux Management Server that creates a
device in a specified folder.
For more information, see
"Creating Folders," on page
2 Assign all catalogs that you want to make public to that folder.
For more information, see
25.4.2 Accessing a Public ZENworks Linux Management
Server
1 Create a zlmmirror configuration file.
For more information, see
Command Line Utility," on page
2 Install the ZENworks Linux Management agent on a workstation and register against the public
ZENworks Linux Management Server using no registration key (to use the default registration
rule).
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Part III, "Device Registration," on page 99
184.
Section 22.3, "Assigning Catalogs," on page
Section 25.3.1, "Creating the Configuration Files by using the
295.
and Section 17.2,
276.