The following tables provide documentation links to common Tiered Electronic Distribution tasks. All links are to sections in this Policy and Distribution Services portion of the Administration guide.
| Task | Instructions |
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Create a Distributor or Subscriber |
"Installation on NetWare and Windows" in the Novell ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Installation Guide |
Configure multiple Tiered Electronic Distribution objects |
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Change the DNS name or IP address of a Tiered Electronic Distribution server |
Changing DNS Names or IP Addresses for Tiered Electronic Distribution Servers |
| Task | Instructions |
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Configure a Distributor object |
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Create a routing hierarchy for a Distributor |
Understanding Distribution Routing |
Delete a Distributor object |
Deleting a Distributor Object and How Its Distributions Are Affected |
Refresh a Distributor |
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Create a security certificate on a Distributor and copy it to its associated Subscribers |
Creating Security Certificates for Non-Encrypted Distributions |
| Task | Instructions |
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Create a Distribution |
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Delete a Distribution |
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Managing orphaned Distributions (when their Distributor object has been deleted) |
Deleting a Distributor Object and How Its Distributions Are Affected |
Schedule and send a Distribution |
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Force a Distribution to be sent |
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Use a parent Subscriber to send a Distribution |
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Send a Distribution to another tree |
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Import or export a Distribution manually |
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Create and send a File Distribution using a wizard |
| Task | Instructions |
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Create a Channel |
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Force a Channel to fire |
| Task | Instructions |
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Configure a Subscriber object |
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Create an External Subscriber object |
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Configure the tednode.properties file for a Subscriber server that does not have its own configuration capability |
| Task | Instructions |
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Control bandwidth usage for Distribution traffic by setting the I/O rates |
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Minimize network messaging traffic |