The zman utility provides a command line management interface that lets you perform most of the tasks available in ZENworks Control Center You cannot perform imaging and preboot tasks, Remote Management tasks, and software patching tasks.
The primary purpose of the zman utility is to enable you to perform operations through a script. However, you can also perform operations manually at a command line.
The utility is installed on all ZENworks Servers in the following location:
%ZENWORKS_HOME%\bin
where %ZENWORKS_HOME% represents the ZENworks installation path. On Windows, the default path is c:\novell\zenworks\bin. On Linux, the default path is /opt/novell/zenworks/bin.
The zman utility uses the following basic syntax:
zman category-action [options]
For example, to assign a software bundle to a device, you use the following command:
zman bundle-assign workstation bundle1 wks1
where bundle-assign is the category-action and workstation bundle1 wks1 are the options. In this example, the options are device type (workstation), bundle name (bundle1), and target device (wks1).
The best way to understand the commands is to use the online help or see zman(1)
in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Command Line Utilities Reference.
To use the online help:
On the ZENworks Server, enter zman --help at a command prompt.
This command displays the basic usage (syntax) and a list of the available command categories. You can also use the following to get help: