Administration Quick List; Zone Configuration - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ADMINISTRATION QUICK START 10.3 Quick Start Manual

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You've installed your ZENworks
all of the time-saving functionality in Novell
following sections are designed to quickly introduce you to the configuration, deployment,
management, and status monitoring concepts and tasks that help you effectively manage the devices
in your environment.
Section 1.1, "Zone Configuration," on page 9
Section 1.2, "ZENworks Adaptive Agent Deployment," on page 10
Section 1.3, "Device Management," on page 11
Section 1.4, "System Messages and Reports," on page 13

1.1 Zone Configuration

Before you start distributing software and applying policies to devices, there are a few configuration
tasks you need to complete to ensure that your Management Zone is configured to let you take full
advantage of ZENworks management capabilities.
Zone Configuration Tasks
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Task
Create folders and groups for
organizing devices
Create registration keys or rules The ZENworks Adaptive Agent must be installed on each device
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Server (or maybe a couple of servers) and are eager to start using
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Organize devices into folders and groups to ease the overhead
involved in applying ZENworks configuration settings and
performing tasks on similar devices. Rather than making
assignments or performing tasks on individual devices, you can
manage the folders and groups, with each device in a folder or
group inheriting the assignment or task.
For instructions, see Section 3.1, "Organizing Devices: Folders
and Groups," on page
that you want to manage. When you deploy the ZENworks
Adaptive Agent to a device, the device is registered in your
Management Zone.
You can use registration keys or rules to automatically assign
devices to the appropriate folders and groups, ensuring that they
immediately receive the correct configuration settings and
software and policy assignments.
For instructions, see Section 3.2, "Registering Devices," on
page 27.
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