Zman Command Line Utility; Location; Syntax - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ADMINISTRATION QUICK START 10.3 Quick Start Manual

Navigation Tabs: The tabs in the left pane let you navigate among the functional areas of
ZENworks. For example, the Servers page shown above lets you manage tasks associated with
servers.
Task List: The task list in the left pane provides quick access to the most commonly performed
tasks for the current page. The task list changes for each page. For example, the task list on the
Bundles page displays bundle-related tasks and the task list on the Devices page displays device-
related tasks.
Frequently Used Objects: The Frequently Used list in the left pane displays the 10 objects that you
have accessed most often, from most used to least used. Clicking an object takes you directly to the
details page for the object.
Work Panel: The work panels are where you monitor and manage your ZENworks system. The
panels change depending on the current page. In the above example, there are two work panels:
Devices and Search. The Devices panel lists the servers, folders, server groups, and dynamic server
groups that have been created; you use this panel to manage servers. The Search panel lets you filter
the Devices panel based on criteria such as a server's name, operating system, or status.
Help Information: The Help button links to Help topics that provide information about the current
page. The Help button links change depending on the current page.

2.2 zman Command Line Utility

The zman utility provides a command line management interface that lets you perform most of the
tasks available in ZENworks Control Center You cannot perform imaging and preboot tasks,
Remote Management tasks, and software patching tasks.
The primary purpose of the zman utility is to enable you to perform operations through a script.
However, you can also perform operations manually at a command line.
Section 2.2.1, "Location," on page 17
Section 2.2.2, "Syntax," on page 17
Section 2.2.3, "Help with Commands," on page 18

2.2.1 Location

The utility is installed on all ZENworks Servers in the following location:
%ZENWORKS_HOME%\bin
where
%ZENWORKS_HOME%
is
c:\novell\zenworks\bin

2.2.2 Syntax

The zman utility uses the following basic syntax:
zman category-action [options]
For example, to assign a software bundle to a device, you use the following command:
zman bundle-assign workstation bundle1 wks1
represents the ZENworks installation path. On Windows, the default path
. On Linux*, the default path is
/opt/novell/zenworks/bin
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