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I came up with this solution to the age old problem of not having ZENworks Imaging NIC drivers for new PCs and laptops. Instead of trying to compile new NIC drivers in the kernel and adding them to the Boot CD, I thought I'd come up with a more generic solution to image to a USB hardrive and wait for the official release of imaging drivers from Novell. This gives me a workaround which should last and not need constant updating.

For all of you who have to update your servers with the Daylight Saving Time changes, don't despair. You don't have to do it all the hard way. ZENworks Patch Management will let you sail through March 11 without missing a beat.

Since Daylight Saving Time is being extended by four weeks this year, we've rounded up the information you'll need to update and adjust your Novell products so your users don't miss a beat.

Here is a current list of CPKs/SPKs. If you have a CPK or SPK you would like to add to the list, submit them here. And if you are looking for a CPK that isn't on the list, request it and we'll add it to the Wish List and see if anyone wants to step up and create it for all those lovely Novell Rewards points.

Freshly updated! Here are some good things to look for if you have having trouble with connectivity when using ZENworks Asset Management. OPEN CALL: if you have any other ideas to share on this topic, let us know.

Details on how to access and use the Novell Online Demo System aka NODS.

Geoffrey Carman explains how you scan for registry key settings as part of the process of adding custom items to the ZENworks Asset Management inventory scan.

To patch, or not to patch? That is the question. Actually, this is only one facet of the question. How do we implement the patches? Who decides when and whether to apply patches? How do we keep track of which machines have which patches? The automation of operating system and application patching is designed to take a lot of the repetitive drudgery out of our jobs, as well as to simply make sure that the job gets done. Sometimes, just getting the environment set up for the automation of software patching can be a bit onerous, especially if it means even a one-time visit to touch every workstation. My goal for this article is to hopefully reduce that drudgery, and free up some of your time for the projects and tasks that you really want to get done.

Geoffrey Carmen explains how you can use ZENworks Asset Management to gather information about data files on workstations. For example, he shows you how to find Lotus Notes databases stored on local machines.