System Messages And Reports - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ADMINISTRATION QUICK START 10.3 Quick Start Manual

Task
Allocate licenses
Retire devices

1.4 System Messages and Reports

As you perform management tasks in your zone, information is recorded so that you can view the
status of your zone and the activities taking place within it.
System Messages and Reports Tasks
Table 1-4
Task
View system messages
Create a Watch List
Generate reports
Details
ZENworks Asset Management, a separately licensed product, is
included for evaluation in ZENworks 10 Configuration
Management.
Asset Management lets you allocate licenses within your
organization to track ownership and distribution of the licenses.
You can allocate licenses to devices or demographics (sites,
departments, and cost centers).
For instructions, see Section 4.9, "Allocating Licenses," on
page 74.
Retire a server or workstation to remove if from your ZENworks
Zone.
For instructions, see Section 4.10, "Retiring Devices," on
page 76.
Details
The ZENworks system generates informational, warning, and
error messages to help you monitor activities such as the
distribution of software and application of policies.
For instructions, see Section 6.1, "Viewing System Messages,"
on page 97.
If you have devices, bundles, and policies whose activity you
want to closely monitor, you can add them to the Watch List.
For instructions, see Section 6.2, "Creating a Watch List," on
page 100.
Generate reports for devices, bundles, policies, and much more.
For instructions, see Section 6.3, "Generating Reports," on
page 101.
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