The steps in the following sections assume that you selected the , , or option as part of Automatic Workstation Import installation. For further information, see Installing the ZENworks Desktop Management Server
in the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Installation Guide.
The most important item to remember when deploying Automatic Workstation Import is to use DNS for TCP/IP addresses so that DNS names can be found automatically. This is preferable to setting up and maintaining hosts files on every workstation.
To set up Automatic Workstation Import, do the following for each import service server:
Set up a DNS name for Automatic Workstation Import to use.
This can be either a DNS entry or an entry in a local hosts file. An example of a DNS name is www.novell.com.
The following is an example of the text you would add in a hosts file for Automatic Workstation Import:
151.155.155.55 zenwsimport
In this example, the TCP/IP address is for the server where you are running the Automatic Workstation Import service. “Zenwsimport” is not the name of a server, but a DNS name that resolves to this TCP/IP address. In other words, zenwsimport is a label to identify the server as the one running the Automatic Workstation Import service.
For Windows 98, the hosts file's location should be:
Win98_drive:\ Win98_directory\hosts
IMPORTANT:The default hosts file in Windows is named hosts.sam. Do not use the .sam extension with your filename. Rename hosts.sam to hosts, or make a copy and rename the copy. By default, Windows 98 hides filename extensions that are of a known type, so you should make sure that filename extensions are being displayed so that you can correctly rename the hosts.sam file to hosts.
For Windows 2000/XP, the hosts file's location should be:
Win_drive:\Win_directory\SYSTEM32\drivers\etc\hosts
Hosts as shown above is a filename, not a folder name.
To verify the DNS name or TCP/IP address, enter the following at the workstation command prompt:
ping zenwsimport