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To assign a Dell Update Package bundle:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Bundles tab, then click the underlined link next to
the folder containing the Dell Update Packages that was created during the mirroring process.
2 Select the desired Dell Update Package bundle by clicking the box next to its name, click
Action, then click Assign Bundle to launch the Assign Bundle Wizard.
3 Follow the prompts to create the Dell Update Package bundle and assign it to devices. For
information about what you need to supply at each step of the wizard, click the
When assigning the bundle to devices, you can lessen your management overhead by assigning
the policy to groups of devices rather than to individual devices. For more information about
device groups, see
Section 1.1, "Organizing Devices: Folders and Groups," on page
For more detailed information, see
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2.2.3 Determining If Newer Dell Package Updates Are Available
for PowerEdge Servers
After you run a mirror session and obtain updated Dell Update Packages, it is easy to determine if a
newer Dell Update Package is available for installation on Dell PowerEdge servers in your
ZENworks system.
To determine if there are updated Dell Update Package bundles available for the servers in your
system:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab, then click Servers.
A link in the Dell Updates column indicates whether there is a Dell Update Package bundle
available in the ZENworks package repository for each Dell PowerEdge server in the list. An
update is available in the following situations:
If a Dell Update Package exists in the ZENworks package repository but it is not assigned
to that specific server model.
If a specific Dell Update Package is already assigned to the device, but an updated
package has been mirrored and is available in the ZENworks package repository.
2 Click the link to view the name of the Dell Update Package bundle appropriate for the device.
3 If the appropriate Dell Update Package bundle is not yet assigned to the device, continue with
Section 23.2, "Assigning Dell Update Package Bundles," on page
or
If the appropriate Dell Update Package bundle is already assigned to the device, continue with
Section 23.4, "Deploying an Updated Version of a Dell Update Package Bundle," on page
For more information, see
Available for PowerEdge Servers," on page
Section 23.2, "Assigning Dell Update Package Bundles," on
Section 23.3, "Determining If Newer Dell Package Updates Are
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