3.5 Modifying Configuration Settings

The Management Zone configuration settings enable you to control a wide range of functionality behavior for your zone. There are Device Management settings that let you control how often devices access a ZENworks Server for refreshed information, how often dynamic groups are refreshed, and what levels of messages (informational, warning, or error) are logged by the ZENworks Agent. There are Event and Messaging settings, Discovery and Deployment settings, and much more.

Management Zone settings that apply to devices are inherited by all devices in the zone. As mentioned in Organizing Devices: Folders and Groups, you can override zone settings by configuring them on device folders or on individual devices. This allows you to establish zone settings that apply to the largest number of devices, and then override the settings on folders and devices, as required.

By default, your zone settings are pre-configured with values that provide a common functionality. You can however, change the settings to best adapt them to the behavior you need in your environment.

3.5.1 Modifying Configuration Settings at the Zone

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.

  2. In the Management Zone Settings panel, click the settings category (for example, Device Management, Discovery and Deployment, and Event and Messaging) whose settings you want to modify.

  3. Click the setting to display its details page.

  4. Modify the setting as required.

    For information about the setting, see the ZENworks Management Zone Settings Reference.

  5. Click OK or Apply.

    If the configuration setting applies to devices, the setting is inherited by all devices in the zone, unless the setting is overridden at a folder level or a device level.

3.5.2 Modifying Configuration Settings on a Folder

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.

  2. In the Devices panel (on the Managed tab), browse for the folder whose settings you want to modify.

  3. Click Details next to the folder name to display the details.

  4. Click the Settings tab.

  5. In the Settings panel, click the settings category (Device Management, Infrastructure Management, and so forth) of the settings that you want to modify.

  6. Click the setting to display the details page.

  7. Modify the setting as required.

    For information about the setting, see the ZENworks Management Zone Settings Reference.

  8. Click OK or Apply.

    The configuration setting is inherited by all devices in the folder, including any devices contained in subfolders, unless the setting is overridden on a subfolder or individual device.

3.5.3 Modifying Configuration Settings on a Device

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.

  2. In the Devices panel (on the Managed tab), browse for the device whose settings you want to modify.

  3. When you’ve found the device, click the device name to display its details.

  4. Click the Settings tab.

  5. In the Settings panel, click the settings category (Device Management, Infrastructure Management, and so forth) whose settings you want to modify.

  6. Click the setting to display its details page.

  7. Modify the setting as desired.

    For information about the setting, click the Help button in ZENworks Control Center.

  8. When you have finished modifying the setting, click OK (or Apply) to save your changes.