28.4 Including or Excluding Content

The default replication setting determines whether content is automatically replicated to new content servers (see Section 28.2, Replicating Content to New Content Servers). You configure the setting for each bundle, policy, or folder. If you choose to include a bundle’s or policy’s content on new content servers, it is replicated to all new servers; likewise, if you choose to exclude the content, it is not replicated to any new servers.

In some cases, the default replication settings might not give you the desired replication scope for your content, or the scope might change. If this occurs, you can manually include content on or exclude it from specific content servers. There are three ways to do this:

28.4.1 Managing a Single Piece of Content on Multiple Content Servers

This section provides instructions for managing the replication of a single bundle’s or policy’s content to multiple content servers.

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, go to the details page for the bundle or policy whose content replication you want to manage.

  2. Click the Settingstab, click Bundle Management or Policy Management, then click Primary Server Replication or Satellite Server Replication.

    The Primary Server Replication Status panel and the Satellite Server Replication Status panel display all content servers in the zone. If the bundle or policy content is included on a content server, the Included column displays a icon.

  3. To change the replication status for a content server, select the check box next to the server, then click Include to include the content on the server, or click Exclude to exclude the content from the server.

    As you include or exclude content servers, be aware of the following replication rules:

    • If a ZENworks Server is the parent server for one or more Satellite devices, you can’t exclude the content from the ZENworks Server without first excluding it from the Satellite devices.

    • If you have only one ZENworks Server in your Management Zone, you can’t exclude the content from it.

    • You can’t include a Satellite devices without first including the Satellite devices’s parent ZENworks Server.

28.4.2 Managing Content on the Folder Level

This section provides instructions for managing the replication of the content in a bundle or policy folder.

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, go to the details page for the bundle or policy folder whose content replication you want to manage.

  2. Click the Settings tab, then click Content.

  3. Click Primary Server Replication or Satellite Server Replication.

    The Primary Server Replication Status panel and the Satellite Server Replication Status panel display all content servers in the zone. If the bundle or policy content is included on a content server, the Included column displays a icon.

  4. To change the replication status for a content server, select the check box next to the server, then click Include to include the content on the server, or click Exclude to exclude the content from the server.

    As you include or exclude content servers, be aware of the following replication rules:

    • If a ZENworks Server is the parent server for one or more Satellite devices, you can’t exclude the content from the ZENworks Server without first excluding it from the Satellite devices.

    • If you have only one ZENworks Server in your Management Zone, you can’t exclude the content from it.

    • You can’t include a Satellite devices without first including the Satellite devices’s parent ZENworks Server.

  5. (Optional) Click Force Inheritance in the Folder Task list in the left navigation pane to ensure that all children (all subfolders as well as individual bundles and policies) inherit the settings.

28.4.3 Managing Multiple Pieces of Content on a Single Content Server

This section provides instructions for managing the replication of the content for multiple bundles or policies to a single content servers.

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, go to the details page for the content server whose content replication you want to manage.

  2. Click the Content tab.

    The Replication Settings panel displays all bundles and policies in the zone. If the bundle or policy content is included on the content server, the Included column displays a icon.

  3. To change the replication status for a bundle or policy, select the check box next to the bundle or policy, then click Include to include its content on the server, or click Exclude to exclude its content from the server.

    As you include or exclude content from the server, be aware of the following replication rules:

    • If a ZENworks Server is the parent server for one or more Satellite devices, you can’t exclude the content from the ZENworks Server without first excluding it from the Satellite devices.

    • If you have only one ZENworks Server in your Management Zone, you can’t exclude the content from it.

    • You can’t include a Satellite devices without first including the Satellite devices’s parent ZENworks Server.

28.4.4 Managing Multiple Pieces of Content on Multiple Content Servers

You can use the Specify Content Wizard to include or exclude multiple pieces of content on multiple content servers. For example, you might have four bundles that you want included on only two of your four content servers. Rather than managing the replication for the individual bundles (see Section 28.4.1, Managing a Single Piece of Content on Multiple Content Servers) or the individual content servers (see Section 28.4.3, Managing Multiple Pieces of Content on a Single Content Server), you can use the wizard to manage the replication for all four bundles and content servers at one time.

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab, then click the Servers folder to open it.

  2. In the Server Tasks list in the left navigation pane, click Specify Content to launch the wizard.

  3. Follow the prompts to complete the wizard.

    If you need more information about a wizard page, click the Help button or refer to the following table:

    Wizard Page

    Details

    Include or Exclude Content Servers/Satellite devices

    Move the content servers on which you want to include the content to the Included list. Move the content servers on which you want to exclude the content to the Excluded list.

    As you include or exclude content servers, be aware of the following replication rules:

    • If a ZENworks Server is the parent server for one or more Satellite devices, you can’t exclude content from the ZENworks Server without also excluding it from the Satellite devices.

    • If you have only one ZENworks Server in your Management Zone, you can’t exclude the content from it.

    • You can’t include a Satellite devices without also including the Satellite devices’s parent ZENworks Server.

    New Servers Added to the System page

    Select whether the content is included on or excluded from content servers added in the future.

    Select Content to Update page

    Identify the content you want affected by moving it from the Available Content list to the Selected Content list.

You can also launch the Specify Content Wizard from the following locations:

  • Bundles page

  • Policies page

  • Configuration page > Server Hierarchy panel