Creating Bundles By Using The Zman Command Line Utility; Creating A Bundle Without Content Or Dependency On Another Bundle - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Management Manual

2.5 Creating Bundles by Using the zman
Command Line Utility
ZENworks Configuration Management allows you to create different types of bundles, such as
Windows bundle, File bundle, Directive bundle, and Imaging bundle. Each bundle has its own set of
data and configuration settings. Because it is complex to pass the data as arguments in the command
line, the zman utility takes XML files as an input to create bundles. To use the zman command line
utility to create a bundle, you must have a bundle of the same type already created through
ZENworks Control Center and export it to XML. For more information on creating bundles by using
ZENworks Control Center, see
XML file as a template to create bundles by using zman.
For example, you can export a File bundle already created through ZENworks Control Center into
an XML file, then use it to create another File bundle with zman.
A bundle can have file content associated with it. For example, an MSI file to be installed is a file
content associated with a Windows MSI Bundle.
Bundles can also have dependencies on other bundles.
Review the following sections to create a bundle by using the zman command line utility:
Section 2.5.1, "Creating a Bundle without Content or Dependency on Another Bundle," on
page 39
Section 2.5.2, "Creating a Bundle with Content and Dependency on Another Bundle," on
page 40
Section 2.5.3, "Understanding the zman Bundle XML File Format," on page 42
2.5.1 Creating a Bundle without Content or Dependency on
Another Bundle
1 Create a bundle in ZENworks Control Center.
For example, use ZENworks Control Center to create a Web Application bundle called google,
which launches the
2 Export the bundle to an XML file by using the following command:
zman bundle-export-to-file bundle_name bundle_filename.xml
For example, export the google bundle to
to-file google google.xml
If you want to create a new bundle with new data, continue with
new bundle with the same data as the google bundle, skip to
3 Modify the XML file according to your requirements.
For example, change the value of
in the
www.yahoo.com
as shown below.
<ns2:ActionSets>
<Id>104e5d74804052eb7ddc4a2f54358d97</Id>
<Type>Launch</Type>
<Version>1</Version>
Chapter 2, "Creating Bundles," on page
Google Web site (http://www.google.com).
google.xml
command.
from
<URL>
Launch URL Action
19. You can use the exported
by using the
zman bundle-export-
Step 3. If you want to create a
Step 4.
http://www.google.com
section of
Launch ActionSet
to
http://
in the XML file
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