Zenworks Configuration Management: A Single Solution For Systems Management; The Goal: Total Management, Zero Effort - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

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The purpose of this System Planning, Deployment, and Best Practices Guide is to describe the issues
you need to consider when designing a Novell
solution and deploying it across small and large scale enterprises. This guide is not meant to replace
the other online resources that Novell provides to customers and partners, but to supplement that
material so that you have a better understanding of certain design-related topics and requirements.
ZENworks Configuration Management is also supported by other documentation (in both PDF and
HTML formats) that you can use to learn about and implement the product. For additional
documentation, see the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) documentation (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/zcm10/index.html).
This following sections contain more information:
Section 1.1, "The Goal: Total Management, Zero Effort," on page 11
Section 1.2, "The Management Paradigm," on page 12
Section 1.3, "The Solution: ZENworks Configuration Management," on page 13

1.1 The Goal: Total Management, Zero Effort

Over the last decade, Novell ZENworks has provided the gold standard for centralized configuration
and management of network endpoints in today's complex, heterogeneous corporate networks.
ZENworks Configuration Management is a key implementation of ZENworks technology, enabling
policy-based automation of software and patch deployment, asset tracking, endpoint security, OS
migration, and many other routine tasks.
With ZENworks Configuration Management, IT staff can synchronize the Windows* desktop
environment with their company's business policies, while saving IT time, budget, and resources for
strategic projects. All of this focuses on the ZENworks goal to provide total network management
while bringing the associated management effort as close to zero as possible.
Introduced in the last quarter of 2007, the latest version of ZENworks Configuration Management
moves toward that goal by using a completely redesigned architecture to greatly simplify,
consolidate, and integrate policy-based management of Windows network endpoints, including
systems running Windows Vista*.
The latest version of ZENworks Configuration Management does the following:
Provides a single modular architecture, platform, and agent for all ZENworks products
Provides a unified, Web-based administration console
Uses only standards-based protocols
Reduces overall wire traffic

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