To add multiple packages to a bundle, use zlman.
For more information on zlman, see zlman (1).
To create several bundles with multiple packages, create one bundle at a time and add multiple packages to it, instead of running the commands at the same time. For example, if you want to create three bundles with 100 packages each, run the zlman commands in sequence, instead of executing them from three shells simultaneously.
To assign a large number of bundles to managed devices at one time, create a bundle group in ZENworks Control Center and assign it to the managed devices. For example, if you want to assign YOU patches to a server, create a bundle group with all of the YOU patches, and assign the bundle group to the server instead of assigning the YOU patches individually to the server. Assigning patches individually would take a long time and might not be completed if done from ZENworks Control Center.
For more information on bundle groups, see Section 20.8, Creating Bundle Groups.
To quickly deploy large package sets, adjust the level of security provided by the connection between the managed device and the ZENworks Server. To change the security level:
On the ZENworks Server, open the /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/tomcat/base/server.xml file.
In the Connector section for port 443, change the value of ciphers to 128 bits as shown below:
ciphers="SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA"
This reduces the workload of the managed device and increases the speed of the streaming of the packages to it.
IMPORTANT:Setting this attribute instructs the server to offer RC4 encryption at 128b as the only available cipher suite. The client will comply as part of the SSL negotiation. However, changing the encryption to RC4 reduces the security of the system, compared to the default encryption such as AES, and makes it susceptible to being broken into.
Restart the ZENworks Server.