Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual page 71

directory on both devices by using the Remote Execute policy. Instead of creating two Remote
Execute policies, one each for the SLES 9 and SLES 10 managed device, you can create one policy
by using system variables.
Perform the following tasks in the order listed:
"Creating a System Variable for the SLES 9 Managed Device" on page 71
"Creating a System Variable for the SLES 10 Managed Device" on page 71
"Creating the Remote Execute Policy and Assigning It to the Managed Devices" on page 71
Creating a System Variable for the SLES 9 Managed Device
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.
2 Click Servers.
3 From the list of servers, click the SLES 9 managed device, then click the Settings tab.
4 Click System Variables, then click Override settings.
5 In the System Variables panel, click Add, then fill in the following details:
Name: source_path
Value: /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd
6 Click OK.
7 Click Apply, then click OK.
Creating a System Variable for the SLES 10 Managed Device
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.
2 Click Servers.
3 In the list of servers, click the SLES 9 managed device, then click the Settings tab.
4 Click System Variables, then click Override settings.
5 In the System Variables panel, click Add, then fill in the following details:
Name: source_path
Value: /etc/zmd
6 Click OK.
7 Click Apply, then click OK.
Creating the Remote Execute Policy and Assigning It to the Managed Devices
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Policies tab.
2 In the Policies list, click New, then click Policy to display the Create New Policy page.
3 In the Policy Type list, click Remote Execute Policy, then click Next to display the Policy Name
page.
4 Fill in the Policy Name, Folder, and Description fields. For more information, see
page 165 in Section 16.6, "Remote Execute Policy," on page
5 Click Next.
Step 4 on
164.
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