Image-Safe Data Viewer and Editor (Zisview and Zisedit)

After booting a workstation from an imaging device, you can enter zisedit and zisview at the Linux bash prompt to edit and view the image-safe data for that workstation.

The following sections contain additional information:

NOTE:  You can also use the ZENworks Imaging Windows Agent (ziswin.exe) to view and edit a workstation's image-safe data. The ZENworks Imaging Windows Agent combines the capabilities of the Image-Safe Data Viewer (zisview) to let you view a workstation's image-safe data and the Image-Safe Data Editor (zisedit) to let you edit this data. For more information, see ZENworks Imaging Windows Agent (Ziswin.exe).


Image-Safe Data Viewer

After booting a workstation from an imaging device, you can enter zisview at the Linux bash prompt to view the image-safe data for that workstation.

The image-safe data viewer (zisview) displays the following information about the workstation:

Category Information

Image-safe Data

  • Version: The version number of the Imaging Agent (ziswin).

  • Just Imaged Flag: If this is set to False, the Imaging Agent (ziswin) reads data from the Windows registry and write it to the image-safe data store. If this is set to True, the Imaging Agent will read data from the image-safe data store and write it to the Windows registry.

  • Last Base Image: The last base image that was restored to the workstation.

  • Last Base Image Time: The time stamp of the last base image that was restored to the workstation.

  • Last Base Image Size: The size of the last base image that was restored to the workstation.

  • Scripted Image Flag: If this option is set to True, the last imaging operation was a scripted image. If this option is set to False, the last imaging operation was not a scripted image.

  • Script Checksum: Displays the checksum value representing the last script run. The imaging engine uses the checksum to prevent the same script from re-running on the workstation unless you specify in ConsoleOne that you want to rerun the same script.

Workstation Identity Information

  • Workstation Tree: The Novell eDirectory tree that contains the Workstation object for this workstation.

  • Workstation Object: The distinguished name of this computer's workstation.

  • Workstation ID: The workstation identification number.

  • Computer Name: The computer name for the workstation.

  • Workgroup: The Microsoft network workgroup of the workstation.

  • Windows SID: The Windows Security ID of the workstation, a unique number that identifies this workstation in Windows.

Network Information

  • DHCP: Displays whether this workstation uses DHCP to obtain its IP address.

  • IP Address: Displays the static IP address that this workstation uses.

  • Subnet Mask: Displays the subnet mask that this workstation uses.

  • Gateway: Displays the gateway that this workstation uses.

  • DNS Servers: The number of DNS nameservers used for DNS name resolution.

  • DNS Suffix: The DNS context of the workstation.

  • DNS Hostname: The DNS local hostname of the workstation.

To use zisview, enter any of the following commands at the Linux bash prompt:

Command Explanation

zisview

Displays all image-safe data.

zisview -z field

Displays information about a specific field or fields. field is one or more field names separated by a space. field is not case-sensitive.

All of the following are valid field names (the corresponding minimum names that can also be entered on the command line follow each field name in parenthesis):

JustImaged (J)
ScriptedImage (SC)
LastBaseImage (L)
Tree (T)
ObjectDN (ObjectDN)
NetBIOSName (N)
WorkGroup (WorkG)
SID (SI)
WorkstationID (Works)
DHCP (DH)
IP (I)
Gateway (Gateway)
Mask (M)
DNSServerCount (DNSServerC)
DNSServer (DNSServer)
DNSSuffix (DNSSu)
DNSHostName (DNSH)

zisview -s

Creates a script that can be used to generate environment variables that contain all the image-safe data fields.

zisview -h

Displays help for zisview.


Image-Safe Data Editor

After booting a workstation from an imaging device, you can enter zisedit at the Linux bash prompt to change, clear, or remove information the image-safe data for that workstation.

To use zisedit, enter any of the following commands at the Linux bash prompt:

Command Explanation

zisedit

This displays a screen showing all of the image-safe data fields. You can add or change any of the information in the fields.

zisedit field=new_information

You can change the information for one field using this syntax, where field is any valid field name and new_information is the information you want this field to contain. field is not case sensitive.

For example, enter zisedit Mask=255.255.252.0 to enter this information in the subnet mask field.

All of the following are valid field names (the corresponding minimum names that can also be entered on the command line are shown in parenthesis after each field name):

JustImaged (J)
ScriptedImage (SC)
LastBaseImage (L)
Tree (T)
ObjectDN (ObjectDN)
NetBIOSName (N)
WorkGroup (WorkG)
SID (SI)
WorkstationID (Works)
DHCP (DH)
IP (I)
Gateway (Gateway)
Mask (M)
DNSServerCount (DNSServerC)
DNSServer1 (DNSServer1)
DNSSuffix (DNSSu)
DNSHostName (DNSH)
PXEWorkRevision (PXEWorkR)
PXEWorkObject (PXEWorkO)
PXETaskID (PXETaskI)
PXETaskState (PXETaskS)
PXETaskRetCode (PXETaskR)

zisedit -c

Clears all image-safe data fields.

zisedit -r

Removes the image-safe data store.

zisedit -h

Displays help for zisedit.