Satellite - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ENTERPRISE EDITION GETTING STARTED GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 Getting Started Manual

Content repository: Contains the software, policies, and configuration metadata (stored in the
database). The policies and software are available for delivery to managed devices within the
system. The content is compressed and encrypted. By default, content is automatically
replicated among all Primary Servers in the Management Zone, based on a schedule that you
control. However, you can configure this to exclude certain servers.
ZENworks Configuration Management database: Contains information about the software
bundles for delivery, the hardware and software inventory lists collected from devices,
information about the
so on), centralized system messages, license tracking, usage data and other transactional data,
and the actions scheduled to take place within the system.
You can install the embedded Sybase* SQL Anywhere* database that is included with
Configuration Management, or you can use an external Sybase SQL database, Oracle* 10g
Standard, or a Microsoft* SQL database. For detailed information about the supported database
versions, see "Database
Installation Guide.
If you use the embedded database, it must reside on one Primary Server per Management Zone.
Optionally, you can install an external database on a server that is not a Primary Server. By
default, all Primary Servers require access to the ZENworks database, wherever it resides, to
write their data.
You can also specify that certain servers roll up their information to other servers.
If you want to use a Microsoft SQL database, you might want to consider locating a Microsoft
SQL database in a Microsoft server cluster for accessibility and reliability purposes.

1.2.2 Satellite

A Satellite is a managed device that can perform certain roles that a ZENworks Primary Server
normally performs. A Satellite can be any managed Windows device (server or workstation) or an
unmanaged Linux device (server or workstation). When you configure a Satellite, you specify which
roles it performs (Imaging, Collection, or Content).
A Satellite can perform the following roles:
Imaging: Installs the Imaging services and adds the Imaging role to the device. With this role,
the device can be used as an Imaging server to perform all the Imaging operations, such as
taking an image and applying an image within as well as across subnets by using unicast or
multicast imaging.
Collection: If you want to improve information roll-up access for a group of devices to
minimize traffic to the ZENworks Primary Server that is hosting the ZENworks database, you
can enable the Collection role on a device. For example, if you have devices that are rolling up
information to a Primary Server outside of their network segment, you can minimize network
traffic by enabling the Collection role on a device within the network segment to accept the
information from the other devices in that segment. That Collection role device is then the only
device from that segment that is rolling up information to the Primary Server.
Content: If you want to improve content access for a group of devices without creating another
Primary Server, you can create the Content role on a device. For example, if you have devices
that are accessing a Primary Server outside of their network segment, you can create the
Content role on a device within the network segment to service those devices.
ZENworks Control Center
Requirements" in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management
objects (devices, users, bundles, policies, and
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