After booting a workstation from an imaging boot medium (PXE, CD, DVD, or ZENworks partition), you can enter zisedit or zisview at the Linux bash prompt to edit and view the image-safe data for that workstation.
IMPORTANT:Image-safe data is not supported on Linux workstations.
NOTE:You can also use the ZENworks Imaging Windows Agent (ziswin.exe) to view and edit a workstation’s image-safe data. The ZENworks Imaging Windows Agent combines the capabilities of the Image-Safe Data Viewer (zisview) to let you view a workstation’s image-safe data and the Image-Safe Data Editor (zisedit) to let you edit this data. For more information, see Section 63.2, ZENworks Imaging Windows Agent (Ziswin.exe).
After booting a workstation from an imaging device, you can enter zisview at the Linux bash prompt to view the image-safe data for that workstation.
The image-safe data viewer (zisview) displays the following information about the workstation
Table 63-3 Zisview Information
Category |
Information |
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Image-safe Data |
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Workstation Identity Information |
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Network Information |
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To use zisview, enter any of the following commands at the Linux bash prompt:
Table 63-4 Zisview Bash Commands
Command |
Explanation |
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zisview |
Displays all image-safe data. |
zisview -z field |
Displays information about a specific field or fields. field is one or more field names separated by a space. field is not case-sensitive. All of the following are valid field names. The corresponding minimum names that can also be entered on the command line follow each field name in parenthesis.
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zisview -s |
Creates a script that can be used to generate environment variables that contain all of the image-safe data fields. |
zisview -h |
Displays help for zisview. |
After booting a workstation from an imaging device, you can enter zisedit at the Linux bash prompt to change, clear, or remove information the image-safe data for that workstation.
To use zisedit, enter any of the following commands at the Linux bash prompt:
Table 63-5 Zisedit Bash Commands
Command |
Explanation |
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zisedit |
Displays a screen showing all of the image-safe data fields. You can add or change any of the information in the fields. |
zisedit field=new_information |
You can change the information for one field using this syntax, where field is any valid field name and new_information is the information you want this field to contain. field is not case sensitive. For example, enter zisedit Mask=255.255.252.0 to enter this information in the field. All of the following are valid field names. The corresponding minimum names that can also be entered on the command line are shown in parenthesis after each field name.
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zisedit -c |
Clears all image-safe data fields. |
zisedit -r |
Removes the image-safe data store. |
zisedit -h |
Displays help for zisedit. |