Understanding The Roll-Up Process - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

3 In the Inventory Roll-Up Settings pane, do the following:
3a Specify the DNS name or the IP address of the ZENworks 7 Server Management or
ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Inventory server to which you want to roll up the
hardware inventory data.
3b Specify the time interval between roll-ups. By default, the time interval is 168 hrs.
4 Click Apply, then click OK.

34.3 Understanding the Roll-Up Process

ZENworks uses the following process to collect inventory and roll it up to the Inventory server
1. The Sender converts the hardware inventory stored in the ZENworks 7 Linux Management
database into .str files, and places the files into the /var/opt/novell/zenworks/
inventory/entmerge directory.
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