Novell® ZENworks® for Servers (ZfS) Policy and Distribution Services provides integration with ZENworks for Desktops (ZfD) Novell Application Management.
ZfD can use Tiered Electronic Distribution (TED) to distribute application objects to other locations in the same tree or other trees. The distribution includes copying the original files associated with the applications to the appropriate server locations, where they can be used to service user groups and workstation groups associated with the distributed application objects.
To distribute ZfD applications, you use the Desktop Application Distribution Wizard to configure your Distribution. This includes:
Once you have created the Desktop Application Distribution and it has been built on the Distributor, sent through a Channel, and extracted on the Subscriber, objects in your user groups, workstation groups, and containers at the destination location can use the distributed applications through ZfD.
User and workstation objects are not replicated with the user and workstation groups or containers. If the user group, workstation group, or container to be replicated exists in the target location, the wizard will not need to create them, and they could already be populated with the users and workstations that need to use the distributed applications. If you want to add other users or workstations to existing groups or containers, you must add them manually.
If the target destination does not have the groups or containers to be replicated, the Distribution extraction will create them. In that case, you will need to populate them with the users and workstations who need the distributed applications.
For information on interoperability issues between ZfS 3 and ZfD, see Interoperability Between ZENworks for Servers and ZENworks for Desktops in the Installation guide.
The following sections provide information on setting up and using the integration between ZfS and ZfD: