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7 June 2006 - 6:25pm
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Next week I will be recording a slot for Novell Open Audio on ZENworks 7 Support Pack 1. That's due for release in the very near future - and I'll be talking about some of the new platforms we will support and a new feature that we'll be rolling into the release.

I'll also take the chance to answer any questions that you post on this blog - so here's your chance.

Post your ZENworks related questions here - and I'll select the best ones to answer on Open Audio next week. If you leave your name I'll even give you a mention.

Looking forward to those questions. Remember - anything goes :)

Written at: Draper, UT




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Nick's picture

I would like know something

Submitted by Nick (not verified) on 7 June 2006 - 6:55pm.

I would like know something about the next major release (Zenworks 8?), planned features and so on.

Looking forward to the podcast.

Martin Buckley's picture

The next release of ZENworks

Submitted by Martin Buckley (not verified) on 7 June 2006 - 7:42pm.

The next release of ZENworks - codename Brimstone is planned for next year.

I was hoping to make an entire podcast on the Brimstone release and our progress to date later in the summer.

I'll make sure I give it a real quick overview.

Bryan Thoreson's picture

I would like a good

Submitted by Bryan Thoreson (not verified) on 7 June 2006 - 8:25pm.

I would like a good description of the new Kerberos support and how customers will be able to utilize this in Active Directory environments.

Martin Buckley's picture

Bryan - no kerberisation is

Submitted by Martin Buckley (not verified) on 7 June 2006 - 8:56pm.

Bryan - no kerberisation is planned for ZENworks 7 SP1 - what do you envisage?

Bryan Thoreson's picture

At Brainshare I was told Zen

Submitted by Bryan Thoreson (not verified) on 8 June 2006 - 9:11am.

At Brainshare I was told Zen would be kerberosized for 7sp1. So if not then, when???

Grant's picture

Question: When will all

Submitted by Grant (not verified) on 8 June 2006 - 2:56pm.

Question: When will all Novell Win32 apps use the same installer? (I just finished repackaging Messenger 2.0 and ZAM7)

Question: What are the odds of getting a remote regedit tool so I don't have to try to depend on knowing a workstation's admin password?

Martin Buckley's picture

Bryan Well I went digging

Submitted by Martin Buckley (not verified) on 8 June 2006 - 3:21pm.

Bryan

Well I went digging around - and you're memory is correct.

We will have support for Dynamic Local User (DLU) and Kerberos in ZENworks 7 SP1.

This isn't adding support for your AD-centric world though. It's a very specific use case for a few customers.

I'll keep asking - and hopefully we can answer on Open Audio.

Tadd Moore's picture

Martin - we're an AD-free

Submitted by Tadd Moore (not verified) on 9 June 2006 - 12:54pm.

Martin - we're an AD-free environment, and want to be sure that DLU continues to work with XP and potentially Vista. We'd heard from an SE some time back that this would go away at some point (when ZDM gets a significant overhaul)...could you clarify this?

Also, if ZSM is included in the support pack, where does this product stand?

Martin Buckley's picture

Tadd DLU continues to be

Submitted by Martin Buckley (not verified) on 13 June 2006 - 6:05pm.

Tadd

DLU continues to be important - especially for the non-AD shops.

As for ZSM in SP1 - there are some improvements - I'll try to call them out in the interview tomorrow.

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[...] I opened the question list up on Cool Blogs last week - and I’ve got about half a dozen things to cover specifically from the readers of Cool Blogs. [...]

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[...] I blogged on Novell

Submitted by evilzenscientist :: thoughts » Behind the scenes at Novell O (not verified) on 14 June 2006 - 2:46pm.

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We use ZENworks PXE imaging

Submitted by Toni (not verified) on 16 June 2006 - 6:04am.

We use ZENworks PXE imaging alot in a shared public school environments where we enabled PXE boot on all desktops to automate and update regular computers. So far it is a not problem but we are concern about the security since ZENworks PXE environment do not have built-in security for Manual Maintenance mode (where anyone can access or wipe the computer) and third-party ENGL solution is good but not an option for us.

Also we use the DMIDECODE tool to retrieve the BIOS Asset and use it to automate the naming of computer.
(Example
--> assettag=$(dmidc | grep -A 10 'Chassis Information$' | grep 'Asset Tag' | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
zisedit name=$assettag

And since Zenworks can retrieve a lot of hardware information including BIOS info, is there a way that you can make it availbe to use in shell so we don't have to depend on third-party util.
So is there any plan for these items:
1. Security for PXE environment - i.e. password for manual Maintaince Mode
2. Utilization hardware infor (BIOS) from Zenworks to shell to automate Imaging Tasks without the need of 3rd party tools.

Thanks

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