Setting Up the Server Policy PackageZENworks for Servers

Setting Up the Server Policy Package ZENworks for Servers

This policy contains the configuration information that is used by the ZENworks for Servers 3 engine that is the controlling process on the server. The engine is responsible for taking care of communicating with NDS, watching the schedule of all policies, and launching subprocesses to apply the various policies to the server. This policy applies to the configuration of the engine itself. Figure 5.28 shows this screen.

Figure 5.28. Messaging page of the ZENworks for Servers policy in a Server Policy Package.

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In this policy, you may set the messaging level you want for each of the various components available to you for notification: Server Console, SNMP Traps, Log File, and E-mail Message. You may set a different level of messages for each of the various notification conduits. The Server Console refers to the ZFS screen that is on the server when the engine is running. You may choose from any of the following choices:

  • Level 6. This level includes all the other levels plus developer trace information.

  • Level 5. This level includes all Level 4 messages in addition to trace information, which notifies the observer of the modules that are being executed.

  • Level 4. This level includes all the Level 3 messages and, in addition, informational messages that identify key points in the system.

  • Level 3. This level displays any warnings that were encountered in the system in addition to all the Level 2 messages.

  • Level 2. This level displays the successes that were satisfied by the system and also includes all the Level 1 messages.

  • Level 1. This level displays only errors that were encountered in the system.

  • Level 0. This level displays no messages.

When you specify that messages are going by email, you can identify any number of users or groups of users or a specified email address.

Adding Users to the List

To add users to the list, and have them receive the message, you must click the Add button and select whether you want to add an NDS User or Group, or specify an email address. When you select a user, you are asked to browse to the user in the directory and the system will take the email address attribute from the user and use that as the address for the user. Should you choose a group, all the users in the group are sent the email message, and the email attribute is used for each of those users. Should you not want to use the email address attribute in the user object, you may select the down arrow in the Address Attribute field and select which of the NDS User attributes you want to identify as containing the email address. It is expected that the attribute you identify will contain a valid email address.

If you choose to enter an email address explicitly, rather than selecting a user or a group, you may choose the Email Address choice from the Add button. You are prompted to enter a valid email address. This entered email address is assumed to be valid and is shown as the User Name field in the table with N/A in the Address Attribute field.

You can place any number (based on the limits of NDS and the Java control) of users, groups, or email addresses into the page, and each of them are sent the email messages.

Discussing the Configuration Page

This page enables you to configure some additional parameters in the ZENworks for Servers 3 engine. Figure 5.29 displays this page.

Figure 5.29. Configuration page of the ZENworks for Servers policy in a Server Policy Package.

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In this page, you may configure the following information:

  • Console Prompt. This enables you to specify the prompt that you want to have displayed on the ZFS console screen.

  • Working Directory. This specifies the working path on the server that the engine should use for its temporary files.

  • Purge Database Entries. You can specify the number of days old that a database log entry can be before it is removed from the ZFS database.

Several variables can be used in this and other places in ZENworks for Servers 3. These variables are enclosed in % (percent signs) and can be a defined set, an environment variable from the server, an attribute of the server object, or an attribute of a specified NDS object. The order is as follows:

  1. If the string between the percent signs is a predefined variable, that value is placed in that string. Predefined variables are one of the following:

    • LOAD_DIR. The directory where the NetWare server was loaded.

    • TREE_NAME. The name of the tree where ZENworks for Servers is located.

    • WORKING_PATH. The working directory for the temporary files.

    • SERVER_DN. NDS distinguished name for the server object.

    • IP_ADDRESS. IP address of the server.

    • BASE_PATH. The base path of where the ZENworks for Servers policy engine is located (for example, SYS:\SMANAGER).

    • SERVER_NAME. Name the server was given at install time.

  2. If the string has the format %object distinguished name;attribute%, the attribute value of the specified object is placed in the string. The string %rtanner.novell:username%, for example, would return the value of the username attribute in the object rtanner.novell.

  3. If the string has no semicolon, the system looks for an environment variable of that name and replaces the value in the string.

  4. If no environment variable exists with that name, the name is assumed to be a server attribute and the system attempts to place the attribute's value in the string.

Introducing the ZENworks for Servers Port Configuration Page

ZENworks for Servers 3 has added the port configuration panel to enable you to specify the port number used by the ZENworks Web Server. Typically, you should leave the port number at the default. But if you need to modify it because of a conflict, you can change the port number by using the up or down buttons to increment or decrement the port number.



Novell's ZENworks for Servers 3. Administrator's Handbook
Novell's ZENworks for Servers 3. Administrator's Handbook
ISBN: 789729865
EAN: N/A
Year: 2003
Pages: 137

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