Absentee Agent Management - Novell ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT 6.4 SP2 User Manual

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May Reboot
Default Reboot
Message
Legacy Agents have a
Notification Timeout
Legacy Agents have a
Snooze Duration
Discover Applicable Updates
Applies to events which can initiate a Discover Applicable Updates (DAU) task.
Table 9-13: Agent Discover Applicable Updates Defaults
Should be run after
Subscription
Replication
Should be run after
Agent detects inventory
change

Absentee Agent Management

The Absentee Agent option allows for removing an agent that has failed to communicate
with the server.
Table 9-14: Absentee Agent Settings
Delete Absentee Agent
after
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EHAVIOR
Field
Edit and display a message advising the user that the computer
may be rebooted. (Maximum of 256 characters.)
Edit and display the default message advising the user that the
computer requires a reboot. (Maximum of 256 characters.)
Time allotment for the notification window to display for pre-6.3
agents.
Maximum time allotment the agent can be set to snooze for
pre-6.3 agents.
Field
Select this option if you want the Discover Applicable Updates
(DAU) task to run after your local subscription server
communicates with the Global Subscription Server.
Select this option if you want the DAU task to run when the
agent detects changes to Inventory.
Field
Removes uncommunicative agents after the set time frame.
Runs, daily at 12:30 AM. If set to zero, this function is disabled.
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