Assigning Existing Bundles To Devices; Section 3.2, "Assigning Existing Bundles To Devices - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Management Manual

3.2 Assigning Existing Bundles to Devices

When you create bundles, the object is created without assigning devices or users to it, or specifying
distribution, launch, or availability schedules. Before the bundle can be used on assigned devices,
you must complete the steps in this procedure.
You can use ZENworks Control Center or the zman command line utility to assign bundles. The
following procedure explains how to assign a bundle using ZENworks Control Center. If you prefer
the zman command line utility, see the
Utilities".
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Bundles tab.
2 Select the desired bundle in the Bundles list by clicking the box next to its name, click Action,
then click Assign to Device.
or
Click the desired bundle, click Relationships. In the Device Assignments panel, click Add.
A bundle must be assigned to devices and users before it can be distributed to them.
You can assign the bundle to individual devices, users, folders, or groups. Assigning a bundle
to a folder or group is the preferred method of assigning bundles. This allows for easier
management of the bundle assignments and can decrease the possibility of high server
utilization caused by assigning the bundle to a large number of items (for example, more than
250).
3 In the Select Objects dialog box, browse to and select the objects to which you want to assign
the bundle.
The Select Objects dialog box opens with the
Servers
created in the
Browse for and select the devices or users, groups, and folders to which you want to assign the
bundle. To do so:
3a Click
navigate through the folders until you find the device, group, or folder you want to select.
If you are looking for a specific item, such as a Workstation or a Workstation Group, you
can use the Items of type list to limit the types of items that are displayed. If you know the
name of the item you are looking for, you can also use the Item name box to search for the
item.
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"Bundle
and folders are displayed along with any custom folders that you have
Workstations
folder.
Devices
next to a folder (for example, the
Commands" in "ZENworks Command Line
folder as the root folder. By default, the
Devices
folder or
Workstations
folder) to
Servers