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ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Command Line Utilities Reference
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Command Line Utilities Reference

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Contents 5
Contents
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About This Guide 7
1 ZENworks Command Line Utilities 9
2 Command Line Utilities for Linux Satellites 89
3 ZENworks Diagnostic Center 99
3.1 Downloading and Extracting ZDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
3.2 Running ZDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
4 Troubleshooting ZENworks Command Line Utilities 103
5 Guidelines for Working with Zman 105
A Documentation Updates 107
A.1 March 30, 2010: SP3 (10.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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About This Guide 7
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About This Guide
This Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Command Line Utilities Reference includes
information to help you use the following Novell®ZENworks®10 Configuration Management
utilities:
zman(1)
zeninfocollect(1)
zac(1)
The information in this guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, “ZENworks Command Line Utilities,” on page 9
Chapter 2, “Command Line Utilities for Linux Satellites,” on page 89
Chapter 3, “ZENworks Diagnostic Center,” on page 99
Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting ZENworks Command Line Utilities,” on page 103
Chapter 5, “Guidelines for Working with Zman,” on page 105
Appendix A, “Documentation Updates,” on page 107
Audience
This guide is intended for ZENworks administrators.
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ZENworks Command Line Utilities
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ZENworks Command Line Utilities
The following sections give information on the Novell®ZENworks®10 Configuration Management
command line utilities:
“zman(1)” on page 10
“zeninfocollect(1)” on page 78
“zac(1)” on page 80

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zman(1)
Name
zman - The command line interface to Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management, which
provides comprehensive server, workstation, and user management, and to Novell 10 Asset
Management, which provides software and hardware inventory of servers and workstations,
software usage tracking, and software license compliance.
Description
The zman command line interface provides you a full-featured utility that can simplify many
operations by using scripting and can provide quick access to operations. It can be used effectively
in automation of tasks.
The following sections provide information about all of the commands provided for ZENworks 10
Configuration Management and ZENworks 10 Asset Management. Some of the commands apply to
both products, and some apply to only one or the other.
The following commands apply only to ZENworks 10 Configuration Management. If Configuration
Management is not installed or active, the commands have no effect:
Bundle commands
Imaging commands
Policy commands
The following commands apply only to ZENworks 10 Asset Management. If Asset Management is
not installed or active, the commands have no effect:
Asset Management commands
Syntax
zman <command> [-options] [arguments]
In general, zman commands have both a short form and a long form. The long form is assembled in
the form category-action. For example, the command
registration-list lists all registrations in
a registration folder. There are many commands, but most of them are easy to remember because
they are grouped under categories (workstation, server, bundle, policy, administrator, registration,
etc) and most actions (list, create, modify, delete) to perform on them are common.
The abbreviated form of each command uses one letter from each word in the long form. In this
manner,
admin-list is shortened to al . There are some exceptions to this rule to maintain the
uniqueness of the short names. For example,
bc is the short form of bundle-create , and bcp is the
short form of
bundle-copy .
A command takes options and arguments. Options can be specified anywhere in the command.
Arguments are dependent on position.