When installing Novell® ZENworks® Desktop Management, you can specify import and removal roles for selected servers. Therefore, before running the ZENworks Desktop Management installation program, you should determine which servers you want to run the import service, the removal service, or both. For further information on selecting servers to run each service, see Selecting Servers for Deployment.
To deploy Automatic Workstation Import and Removal, we recommend the following sequence:
Using DNS names is preferable to using HOSTS files for registering workstations because HOSTS files must be managed manually at each workstation.
After you have completed this sequence, Automatic Workstation Import and Removal is functional.
Before completing the tasks in the following sections, you should have already installed the Automatic Workstation Import and Removal software during your installation of ZENworks Desktop Management. For more information, see "Installing the ZENworks Desktop Management Server" in the Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Installation Guide.
The following sections contain steps to help you set up Automatic Workstation Import and Removal: