The ZENworks Adaptive Agent includes a service that performs all registration tasks. The tasks performed by the Registration service depend on whether the device is registering for the first time, performing a scheduled refresh, or reregistering with a new registration key. The following table lists the tasks performed in each scenario.
Table 9-1 Registration tasks
Task |
Initial Registration |
Refresh |
Reregistration 1 |
---|---|---|---|
Create device object in ZENworks database |
Yes |
No |
No |
Name device object according to device naming template |
Yes |
Yes 2 |
Yes 2 |
Add device to folder |
Yes |
No |
No |
Add device to groups 3 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Add site, department, and location information 3 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Update device attributes (GUID, IP address, DNS name, last contact time, etc.) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1 Reregistration assumes that the device object has not been removed from the ZENworks database and that the device is simply being reregistered using a new registration key.
2 Occurs only if the Device Dynamic Rename option is enabled. See Section 9.4, Enabling Dynamic Renaming of Devices During Registration for more information.
3 Occurs only if the key or rule being used for registration includes this information. See Section 9.2, Creating Registration Keys and Rules for more information.