About This Guide - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

About This Guide

The purpose of this System Planning, Deployment, and Best Practices Guide is to describe the items
that need to be considered when designing a Novell
solution and deploying it across small and large scale enterprises.
The information in this guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, "ZENworks Configuration Management: A Single Solution for Systems
Management," on page 11
Chapter 2, "Performing Pre-Design Activities," on page 15
Chapter 3, "Gathering Critical Information for Design Activities," on page 21
Chapter 4, "Performing Design Activities," on page 45
Chapter 5, "Deploying ZENworks Configuration Management," on page 81
Chapter 6, "Deployment and Migration Scenarios," on page 85
Chapter A, "ZENworks Services," on page 93
Chapter B, "The ZENworks Configuration Management Architecture," on page 101
Appendix C, "ZENworks Configuration Management Tuning Parameters For Bundle
Distribution," on page 109
Appendix D, "Reference Materials," on page 113
Audience
This guide is intended for ZENworks administrators.
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