The ZENworks Adaptive Agent includes a service that performs all registration tasks. The tasks performed by the Registration service depend on whether the device is registering for the first time, performing a scheduled refresh, or reregistering with a new registration key. The following table lists the tasks performed in each scenario.
Table 9-1 Registration tasks
Task |
Initial Registration |
Refresh |
Reregistration 1 |
---|---|---|---|
Create device object in ZENworks database |
Yes |
No |
No |
Name device object according to device naming template |
Yes |
Yes 2 |
Yes 2 |
Add device to folder |
Yes |
No |
No |
Add device to groups 3 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Add site, department, and location information 3 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Update device attributes (GUID, IP address, DNS name, last contact time, etc.) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1 Reregistration assumes that the device object has not been removed from the ZENworks database and that the device is simply being reregistered using a new registration key.
2 Occurs only if the Section 9.4, Enabling Dynamic Renaming of Devices During Registration for more information.
option is enabled. See3 Occurs only if the key or rule being used for registration includes this information. See Section 9.2, Creating Registration Keys and Rules for more information.