Retiring Or Unretiring Devices - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - DISCOVERY-DEPLOYMENT-RETIREMENT REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Deployment Manual

Retiring or Unretiring Devices

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If you retire a server or workstation device, the selected device is retired from your ZENworks
Zone. Retiring a device is different from deleting a device. When you retire a device, its GUID is
retained (as opposed to when you delete a device, which also deletes its GUID). As a result of
retiring a device, all inventory information is retained and is assessable but all policy and bundle
assignments are removed. A retired device is in a holding state until you unretire or delete the
device. If you unretire the device in the future, its assignments are restored. You can retire both
managed and inventoried devices.
To retire or unretire a device, you must have Device Modify rights. For more information, see
"Managing Administrator
Administration Reference.
To retire or unretire a managed device:
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.
2 Click the underlined link next to the Servers or Workstations folder to display the list of servers
or workstations in your ZENworks system.
Devices panel showing list of servers.
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3 Select the check box in front of the server or workstation (you can select multiple devices).
Before you can retire a ZENworks Primary Server, you must first demote it. For more
information, see "Changing the Parent-Child Relationships of Primary
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System Administration
4 Click Action > Retire Device to retire the device upon its next refresh.
or
Click Action > Unretire to unretire the device upon its next refresh.
The icon displays in the Status column in the Servers or Workstations list for retired devices.
You can mouse over the time to see the full date and time.
NOTE: To retire a device immediately, select the check box in front of the servers or
workstations, then click Quick Tasks > Retire Device Now.
To unretire a device immediately, select the check box in front of the servers or workstations,
then click Quick Tasks > Unretire Device Now.
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