Troubleshooting Patch Management download problems in ZENworks 10 Configuration Management

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Wondering what troubleshooting steps should be taken and which log files should be collected for ZCM 10 if there are problems with Patch Management subscription downloads or deployment? Here's a list. If you have any things to add, let us know.

Check the following:

• Does the server meet the minimum hardware requirements specified in the documentation?
• Is the Patch Management Service started? (See Configuration/Subscription Information/Start the Subscription Service/Service Running button in ZCC Console).
• Was the replication time set (Subscription Communication Interval)? This time is based on the primary server containing the ZCC database local time.
• Can you ping novell.patchlink.com and reach it via port 80 and 443 from the Patch Management server? If not, was a proxy set up properly?
• Check Configuration Subscription Download, Configure http Proxy, Product Serial number and Subscription Service Information on ZCC Console for "Is Configured" and check the settings.
• Check \program files\novell\zenworks\zpm\dist for *.plr and *.pls files (indicates successful contact and download with novell.patchlink.com).

Agent logs:

• Windows Application Event logs - WSH Patch Deployment failures

Server logs:

• \program files\novell\zenworks\logs\loader-messages.log
• \program files\novell\zenworks\zpm\rdy.txt
• \program files\novell\zenworks\zpm\pkglist.txt

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