Distributors and Subscribers use working directories on the servers for Distributions, patches, status files, and temporary working files. The size of a working directory is determined by the size and number of Distributions.
The working directories default to the sys: volume on NetWare servers or the C: Drive on Windows servers. Because of disk space considerations on NetWare servers, we recommend that you select a different location on the server, such as a data: volume.
The default working directory names for NetWare and Windows servers are path\zenworks\pds\ted\dist for the Distributor and path\zenworks\pds\ted\sub for the Subscriber. For Linux and Solaris servers, the paths are /var/opt/novell/zenworks/zfs/pds/ted/working/dist and /var/opt/novell/zenworks/zfs/pds/ted/working/sub. You can change working directory names in the properties of the Tiered Electronic Distribution object.
The following sections describe the Tiered Electronic Distribution directory structures:
The following directories are used by NetWare Distributors:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Distributor.
Contains one directory for each Distribution that belongs to the Distributor. The working directory name is user-defined in the Distributor object.
Each Distribution has its own directory that is created under the working directory. The Distribution directory's name is derived from the following syntax: Tree_DN_of_Distribution. For example, TestTree_Files.Distributions.ZENworks.Novell.
Each Distribution directory contains multiple time-stamp directories, which are named according to the date and time the Distribution was built.
Each time a Distribution is built, the Distributor checks to see if anything has changed since the last time the Distribution was built. If so, a new time-stamp directory is created.
The number of time-stamp directories kept is determined by the Maximum Number of Revisions to Keep field in the Distribution object's properties. There are occasions when the number of time-stamp directories exceeds the maximum number specified, because the Distributor does not delete a time-stamp directory that is in use. The Distributor removes the oldest time-stamp directories first.
Sometimes a time-stamp directory name has _temp appended to it. When a Distributor builds a Distribution, it creates a \*_temp directory before it determines if anything has changed. If changes are discovered, \_temp is removed and the directory is used for the new build.
A Distributor's time-stamp directories contain the following files:
The following directories are used by NetWare Subscribers:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Subscriber and/or Distributor.
Contains certificates received from Distributors.
Contains one directory for each Distribution that it receives from a Distributor. The working directory name is user-defined in the Subscriber object.
Each Distribution has its own directory that is created under the working directory. The Distribution directory's name is derived from the following syntax: Tree_DN_of_Distribution. For example, TestTree_Files.Distributions.ZENworks.Novell.
Each Distribution directory contains multiple time-stamp directories, which are named according to the date and time the Distribution was built.
The number of time-stamp directories kept is determined by the Maximum Number of Revisions to Keep field in the Distribution object's properties.
After a threshold is met, the Subscriber receives the maximum revision information and deletes the oldest time-stamp directories first.
A Subscriber's time-stamp directories contain the following files:
The following directories are used by Windows Distributors:
The following directories are used by Windows Subscribers:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Subscriber.
The following directories are used by Linux or Solaris Distributors: