J.15 July 14, 2006 (Support Pack 1)

Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below.

J.15.1 Advanced Distribution: Transferring Applications Using BITS

The following section was added to cover new functionality:

J.15.2 Metering Software Licenses

The following updates were made in this section:

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Section 45.1, Installing Novell Licensing Services

Updated the links to information about installing Novell Licensing Services on NetWare 6.x servers and OES NetWare servers.

Section 45.2, Creating Metered Certificates

Added information about how to create the metered certificates required for software license metering.

J.15.3 Novell Application Launcher: Configuring Settings

The following updates were made in this section:

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Configuring User Settings

Provided best practice information for using the Unassociated Days to Uninstall Application Launcher configuration setting.

Configuring Workstation Settings

Provided best practice information for using the Unassociated Days to Uninstall Application Launcher configuration setting.

J.15.4 Novell Application Launcher: Customizing Views

The following updates were made in this section:

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Customizing the Application Browser View

Added information about a new configuration file, axnalview.js, that you must modify in addition to the myapps.html file in order to customize the Application Browser view. Information was added specifically to File Location and Modifying the Myapps.html and Axnalview.js Files.

J.15.5 Novell Application Launcher: Installing and Starting

The following updates were made in this section:

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Application Window Command Line Switches

Added the /restrictonline=3 option and updated the descriptions to reflect the modified functionality.

Application Explorer Command Line Switches

Added the /restrictonline=3 option and updated the descriptions to reflect the modified functionality.

J.15.6 Novell Application Launcher: Managing the Cache

The following updates were made in this section:

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Section 24.1.2, Install Cache

Added information about how Application Launcher, when running in remote mode, creates an application’s install cache on the local workstation prior to launching the application.

J.15.7 Reference: AdminStudio ZENworks Edition

The following updates were made in this section:

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Section 46.0, Reference: AdminStudio ZENworks Edition

Updated version information to AdminStudio 7.5 ZENworks Edition.

Section 46.2, Using AdminStudio ZENworks Edition

Updated the AdminStudio screenshot to reflect the new version. Also revised information about where to get AdminStudio help.

J.15.8 Reference: Application Object Settings

The following updates were made in this section:

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Section 48.2.10, BITS Settings Page

New section added.

Section 48.3.1, Application Page

Clarified the information under Force Run As User If Application Is Workstation Associated to better explain that distribution of the application is done in the workstation’s system space while running of the application is done in the logged-in user’s space.

J.15.9 Reference: ZENworks sNappShot

The following updates were made in this section:

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Section 47.0, Reference: ZENworks SnAppShot

Added recommendation to use Windows Installer packages rather than snAppShot packages whenever possible. Included a link to an article explaining the reason for this recommendation.

Section 47.3, Creating an Installation Package

Under Step 1, added information about the location of snapshot.exe on Windows and Linux servers. Also updated the snAppShot screenshot.

J.15.10 Reporting Application Events

The following section was added to cover new functionality:

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Section 44.2, Setting Up SNMP Trap Reporting

Added Section 44.2.1, Enabling Firewall Access to provide information about how to ensure communication between user workstations and the management console when using SNMP traps as the reporting method.

Section 44.4.6, Enabling the XML Targets Policy

Under Step 4, corrected the Reporting Servlet’s port number in the URL for a Linux server (OES Linux and SLES). The correct port number (8180) is now listed.