The Str Converter is a Java component on the Inventory server that has workstations attached to it. The Str Converter converts the ZENworks for Desktops 4.x and ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management files to the ZENworks 7 Desktop Management format in order to support backward compatibility with ZENworks for Desktops 4.x and ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management.
You can run the Str Converter on the following servers:
Leaf Server with Inventoried Workstations
Leaf Server with Inventoried Workstations and Database
Intermediate Server with Inventoried Workstations
Intermediate Server with Inventoried Workstations and Database
Root Server with Inventoried Workstations
Standalone Server
For a quick reference table of server components, see Section 74.12, An Overview of the Inventory Components on an Inventory Server.
The Str Converter runs as a service loaded by the Service Manager. It processes the files in the scandir\conv directory.
The Str Converter process sequence is as follows:
The Str Converter reads the Startup configuration parameters, such as scandir, from the Inventory Server Configuration Service. If the conv and the convtemp directories do not exist, they are created under the scandir directory.
The selector places the ZENworks for Desktops 4.x and ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management .str files in conv directory.
The Str Converter converts the ZENworks for Desktops 4.x and ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management .str files into the ZENworks for Desktops 4.x format and places the files in the convtemp directory.
The converted .str files from the convtemp directory are moved to the scandir directory to be retrieved again by the Selector and are processed similar to ZENworks 7 Desktop Management .str files.
NOTE:The status log is not updated for the Str Converter component.