Basic Concepts; Deployment Methods; Deployment Packages - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - DISCOVERY-DEPLOYMENT-RETIREMENT REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Deployment Manual

Basic Concepts

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Deployment is the process of installing the ZENworks
the devices within your Management Zone. The following sections provide information to help you
understand the deployment terminology and concepts:
Section 7.1, "Deployment Methods," on page 51
Section 7.2, "Deployment Packages," on page 51
Section 7.3, "Adaptive Agent Versus Inventory-Only Module," on page 52

7.1 Deployment Methods

There are several deployment methods you can use:
Deployment task: The ZENworks Server can deliver the ZENworks Adaptive Agent to
devices and initiate the installation of the agent. This requires that you create a task, called a
deployment task, for the ZENworks Server. The task identifies the target devices, the
credentials required to perform an installation on the devices, the registration key to use
(optional), and other tasks you want performed on the devices either before or after the
installation. You can have a ZENworks Server immediately perform the task, or you can
schedule the task for a specific date and time.
Manual deployment: You can manually download the ZENworks Adaptive Agent
deployment package from a ZENworks Server to a device and initiate the installation.
Automated deployment: You can automate deployment by using any method that can launch
the Adaptive Agent deployment package. For example, you can use a login script, or, if you
have a previous version of ZENworks, you can distribute the Adaptive Agent deployment
package as an Application object through Novell
Installation instructions are provided in
page 77.

7.2 Deployment Packages

Deployment packages contain the files and information needed to install the ZENworks Adaptive
Agent on devices and register the devices in the Management Zone. There are nine default system
packages that are included on each ZENworks Server. These packages provide for local or network
installation of the Adaptive Agent (full agent or partial agent) on various operating system
architectures (32-bit and 64-bit).
If necessary, you can modify a deployment package to change the ZENworks Server address or
registration key included in the package. For example, assume that you want to use the same
package to deploy the agent to devices on your private network and to devices on the other side of a
firewall or router that is using NAT (Network Address Translation). You could modify a package in
order to list the ZENworks Server's private network address (IP address, DNS name, or both) and
also list its NAT address.
For more information about the deployment packages and how to use them, see
"Managing Deployment Packages," on page
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Adaptive Agent on devices and registering
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Application Launcher
Chapter 10, "Deploying the ZENworks Adaptive Agent," on
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