11.0 Creating Policy Packages

For Novell® ZENworks® 7 Desktop Management to function properly, you must create the policy packages so that you can configure, enable, schedule, and associate your planned policies.

Many of the Desktop Management policies are available only if you select the Workstation Management installation option. For installation steps, refer to Installing the ZENworks Desktop Management Server in the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Installation Guide.

NOTE:The information in this section also applies to ZENworks 7 Desktop Management with Support Pack 1.

A policy package is a Novell eDirectory™ object containing one or more individual policies. A policy package groups policies according to function, making it easier to administer them. It also provides the means for the administrator to change policy settings and to determine how they affect other eDirectory objects.

You should create an Organizational Unit (OU) to hold the policy packages. Consider the following when determining where to place this OU:

If you have partitions in your tree
The 256-character limit in eDirectory for the full distinguished name
The Search policy that is used to determine the search order and the search level ceiling for the policy package

To minimize tree walking, it is best to create this policy package OU at the root of the partition that contains the objects with which the policy package is associated and to configure the Search policy to stop searching at the container in which the policy package is located. In doing so, the following benefits are realized:

Tree walking is minimized with the root of the partition and the Search policy being used
Placing the OU at the partition’s root maximizes the number of characters that are available for naming plural policies

To create an OU and then a policy package:

In ConsoleOne®, right-click the container where you want the container for the policy packages placed, click New, then click Organizational Unit.
Give the container a short name, then click OK.

Because you can have ZENworks Desktop Management, ZENworks Handheld Management, and ZENworks Server Management policies in the same tree, make sure you use a name that distinguishes your Desktop Management policies container, for example, Desktop Policies.
Right-click the new container that will hold your policy packages, click New, then click Policy Package.
Select one of the following policy packages:
- Container Package
- Server Package
- Service Location Package
- User Package
- Workstation Package
To see a list of policies that are contained in each policy package, select the desired policy package in the Policy Packages list on the left side to display the available policies in the Policies list on the right.
Click Next, give the package a short name, click Next, click Create Another Policy Package (unless this is the last one being created), then click Finish.

Short package name suggestions include:
- Container
- Server
- Location
- User
- Workstation
Repeat Step 4 through Step 5 for each policy package to be created.