ZENworks 7 Linux Management – more

As mentioned I’m working on a best practices guide for ZLM7.

I’m writing a discussion of the package universe concept; how it differs from previous versions of ZLM (ZLM 6.x and RCE) and some design recommendations.

I also wrote a nifty script to populate the package universe 🙂 I’ll share that when I’ve tested it to death – but here’s the output:

Right now I can build all of my package universe as well as SP2 updates for SLES 9 and NLD 9. It takes about 20 minutes and minimal prep work.

Creating Folder Structure …

Successfully created object: Distro Catalogs
Successfully created object: Distro Bundles

Creating Catalogs …

Successfully created object: sles-9-i586
Successfully created object: nld-9-i586
Successfully created object: sles-9-i586-sp1

Creating FCS product bundles …

Successfully created object: sles-9-i586-fcs
Successfully created object: nld-9-i586-fcs
Successfully created object: sles-9-i586-sp1-fcs

Adding FCS product bundles to catalogs …

Successfully added bundle to catalog: Distro Catalogs/Distro Bundles/sles-9-i586-fcs
Successfully added bundle to catalog: Distro Catalogs/Distro Bundles/nld-9-i586-fcs
Successfully added bundle to catalog: Distro Catalogs/Distro Bundles/sles-9-i586-sp1-fcs

Creating QA Folders …

Successfully created object: QA Bundles
Successfully created object: Distro Bundles

Creating QA product bundles …

Successfully created object: sles-9-i586-sp2
Successfully created object: nld-9-i586-sp2
Building Package Universe for sles-9-i586

Mounting ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD1.iso (part of sles-9-i586)
Inserting RPMs from ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD1.iso (part of sles-9-i586) into Distro Catalogs/Distro Bundles/sles-9-i586-fcs
Fatal Error: Object is not of specified type
Unmount ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD1.iso (part of sles-9-i586)
Mounting ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD2.iso (part of sles-9-i586)
Inserting RPMs from ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD2.iso (part of sles-9-i586) into Distro Catalogs/Distro Bundles/sles-9-i586-fcs
Successfully added package to Bundle
Successfully added package to Bundle
Unmount ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD2.iso (part of sles-9-i586)
Mounting ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD3.iso (part of sles-9-i586)
Inserting RPMs from ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD3.iso (part of sles-9-i586) into Distro Catalogs/Distro Bundles/sles-9-i586-fcs
Successfully added package to Bundle
Successfully added package to Bundle
Unmount ISO sles-9-i586/SLES-9-i386-RC5-CD3.iso (part of sles-9-i586)
Building Package Universe for nld-9-i586

Mounting ISO nld-9-i586/nld-OpenDesktop-edition-1-DVD.iso (part of nld-9-i586)
Inserting RPMs from ISO nld-9-i586/nld-OpenDesktop-edition-1-DVD.iso (part of nld-9-i586) into Distro Catalogs/Distro Bundles/nld-9-i586-fcs