7.1 ZENworks Updater Service

The ZENworks Updater Service allows you to set a refresh interval to pull down system updates from the Primary Server at a scheduled interval.

7.1.1 Refresh Interval

This setting specifies the interval at which ZENworks Updater Service (ZeUS) gets refreshed. The default refresh interval is set to 6 hours.

You can set a new interval by entering the number of days and hours in the respective fields. The value is limited to 9 days and 23 hours. On refresh, ZeUS pulls down the system updates from the Primary Servers.The new refresh interval will be effective after ZeUS is refreshed. For example, if you set the interval to 9 hours, ZeUS will refresh after 6 hours according to the existing default interval. However, the next refresh happens after 9 hours according to the new refresh interval. If the refresh interval is set to zero, the default value is considered.

7.1.2 Configuring ZEUS to Communicate Using a Non-Standard Port

ZENworks Updater Service uses port number 80 to communicate with Primary Servers. If a Primary Server has been configured to use a non-standard port, then perform the following steps for ZEUS to communicate using a non-standard port.

This workaround is applicable only for ZENworks 2017 and earlier versions, from ZENworks 2017 Update 1 onwards, a non-standard port is automatically updated to communicate with the agent.

Upgrade Scenario

Action

Upgrading from 11.4.x to 2017

Change the port manually for ZEUS to communicate using a non-standard port. You have to configure the non-standard ports on both servers and agents.

Upgrading from 2017 to 2017 Update 1

Change the port manually for ZEUS to communicate using a non-standard port. You have to configure the non-standard ports on both servers and agents.

Upgrading from Update 1 or later

Non-standard ports are automatically updated to communicate with the agent.

On Servers:

  1. Back up the web.xml file located in the /opt/novell/zenworks/share/tomcat/webapps/zenworks-ping/WEB-INF/ folder.

  2. Back up the zeus.conf file located in the ZENWORKS_HOME%\ZeUS\conf folder.

  3. In the zeus.conf file modify the #task-notifier-port=80 line.

    For example:

    task-notifier-port=88 (if the non-standard port is 88)

  4. Modify the following content in the web.xml file to match that in the zeus.conf:

    <init-param>

    <param-name>com.novell.zenworks.zeus.worktodo.nioport</param-name>

    <param-value>88</param-value>

    </init-param>

  5. After configuring the ports, restart the ZENworksUpdaterService and the ZENworks server.

On Agents:

  1. Back up the zeus.conf file located in the ZENWORKS_HOME%\ZeUS\conf\zeus.conf folder.

  2. Modify the #task-notifier-port=80 line.

    For example:

    task-notifier-port=88 (if the non-standard port is 88)

  3. Restart the ZENworksUpdaterService, or reboot the agent.