Mirroring Dell Update Packages To Your Zenworks Server - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

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3 Copy the contents of the
novell/zenworks/zmd
file in the <User> and <Password> tags of the <RemoteServer> section.
zlmmirror.conf
4 Mirror using the configuration file you created in
Only software assigned to the newly registered device is available for mirroring.
For more information, see
Using zlmmirror," on page
25.5 Mirroring Dell Update Packages to Your
ZENworks Server
You can mirror Dell Update Packages from the Dell FTP site or from a CD obtained from Dell to
your ZENworks server. Dell Update Packages let you update and configure hardware and system
settings (including BIOS, DRAC, RAID, BMC, and FRMW configurations) on Dell PowerEdge
servers.
IMPORTANT: Before you can use Dell Update Packages on your Dell servers, you must complete
the steps in "Enabling Dell PowerEdge
Installation Guide.
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 283.
To mirror Dell Update Packages from a remote server or from a CD to your ZENworks server:
1 Run the following command to generate an empty configuration file:
/opt/novell/zenworks/bin/zlmmirror conf-generate filename.xml
This command generates a template configuration file in the current directory.
For more information, see
Command Line Utility," on page
2 Open the empty configuration file in a text editor.
3 In the
<RemoteServer>
"Installing the ZENworks Agent and Registering the
and file from that workstation (
deviceid secret
on SLES 9 and OES,
/etc/zmd
Step 1
Section 25.3.4, "Testing and Performing the Mirroring Operation by
307.
Support" in the
Section 25.3.1, "Creating the Configuration Files by using the
295.
section, edit the following configuration elements:
Guide.
on SLES 10 and SLED 10) to the
to Step 3.
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Device" in the
/etc/opt/
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