Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - PREBOOT SERVICES AND IMAGING REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 User Manual page 128

Initiating a Multicast Session from the ZENworks Imaging Server
On the ZENworks Imaging Server, do the following to initiate the multicast session:
"On Windows" on page 128
"On Linux" on page 129
On Windows
1 In the Services window, determine whether the Novell ZENworks Preboot Service is running.
If it is not running, then right-click the service and select Start.
2 On the command line, enter the following to enable a multicast session:
%ZENWORKS_HOME%\bin\preboot\zmgmcast.exe -mcast arguments
where arguments represents the following that you can append to the command line:
Argument
session_name
-p path
-i IP_address
-f file_set_number (Optional) File sets are assigned to the current ZENworks Image bundle by
-t time_wait
-c client_count
IMPORTANT: The image is sent to and placed on each participating device only after you
initiate the multicast session from each participating client.
3 To view the status of the multicast session, enter:
%ZENWORKS_HOME%\bin\preboot\zmgmcast.exe -status -i proxy_IP_address
The
-i
4 To view the list of multicast sessions, enter:
%ZENWORKS_HOME%\bin\preboot\zmgmcast.exe -list -i proxy_IP_address
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Description
(Required) The session name is any string that uniquely identifies this multicast
session from other multicast sessions that might be in progress on the network.
(Required) The path to the image to be multicast, which is located on the
Imaging Server. This must be the full path.
(Optional) The IP address of the Imaging Server. If not specified, the IP
address of the Primary Server is considered by default.
using this information.
File Set: Using Image Explorer, you can create file sets for selection when
creating the Imaging bundle. For more information, see
and Image Numbers," on page
Image Explorer is executed by running:
Windows: %ZENWORKS_HOME%\bin\preboot\zmgexp.bat
Linux:
/opt/novell/zenworks/preboot/bin/zmgexp
(Optional) If not enough devices have booted to fulfill the Client Count
requirement, the multicast session begins if a participating device boots and a
certain amount of time passes without another participating device booting.
Specify this amount of time. The default is 5 minutes.
(Optional) The number of participating devices you want to have booted before
the multicast session begins. If you do not specify a number, the default is 1.
argument is optional.
Appendix B, "File Sets
155.