Using Catalogs; Understanding Catalogs; Creating Catalogs - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

Using Catalogs

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bundle. A catalog is a collection of RPM bundles or Dell Update Package bundles; bundles included
in a catalog are usually considered optional. Packages included in a bundle that is directly assigned
is considered mandatory; the packages are installed on all assigned devices (the bundle is directly
assigned to devices, the device group, or the device folder). For more information about bundles, see
Chapter 20, "Using RPM and File Bundles," on page 211
Package Bundles," on page
The zlman utility is the command-line interface to ZENworks Linux Management. If you need to
create and configure a large number of bundles or catalogs, or if you want to automate the process
using scripts, you can use zlman. For more information, see
The following sections contain additional information:
Section 22.1, "Understanding Catalogs," on page 265
Section 22.2, "Creating Catalogs," on page 265
Section 22.3, "Assigning Catalogs," on page 271
Section 22.4, "Adding Bundles to Catalogs," on page 274
Section 22.5, "Renaming or Moving Catalogs," on page 274
Section 22.6, "Deleting Catalogs," on page 275
Section 22.7, "Creating Folders," on page 276

22.1 Understanding Catalogs

A catalog is a collection of bundles; bundles included in a catalog are usually considered optional.
You can use catalogs to deploy and install optional or dependent packages to assigned devices. If
you deploy optional packages to devices using a catalog, users can choose whether to deploy and
install the software packages included in the bundles inside the catalog. Users use the ZENworks
Linux Management Installer, Updater, or Remover programs to manage the software on managed
devices. For more information, see
Remover from Users' Managed Devices," on page
You can also use bundles in a catalog to provide dependent packages for a primary package
contained in a bundle or in another catalog. For example, suppose you want to include Java Runtime
in a catalog and, optionally, hide the catalog from the user interface. If a package contained in a
bundle or in another catalog needs Java Runtime (it is listed as a dependency for the primary
package), the package containing Java Runtime becomes mandatory and is deployed and installed
on all devices that the primary package is deployed and installed on.

22.2 Creating Catalogs

You can use the ZENworks Control Center or the zlman command line utility to create catalogs. The
following procedure explains how to perform this task using the ZENworks Control Center. If you
prefer the zlman command line utility, see the Catalog Commands section of
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Bundles tab.
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Linux Management, you can install packages using either a catalog or a
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Section 6.3, "Using the Software Updater, Installer, and
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zlman (1) (page 547).
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