Distributors and Subscribers use working directories on the servers for Distributions, patches, status files, and temporary working files. The size of a working directory is determined by the size and number of Distributions.
The working directories default to the sys: volume on NetWare servers or the C: Drive on Windows servers. Because of disk space considerations on NetWare servers, we recommend that you select a different location on the server, such as a data: volume.
The default working directory names for NetWare and Windows servers are path\zenworks\pds\ted\dist for the Distributor and path\zenworks\pds\ted\sub for the Subscriber. For Linux and Solaris servers, the paths are /var/opt/novell/zenworks/zfs/pds/ted/working/dist and /var/opt/novell/zenworks/zfs/pds/ted/working/sub. You can change working directory names in the properties of the Tiered Electronic Distribution object.
The following sections describe the Tiered Electronic Distribution directory structures:
The following directories are used by NetWare Distributors:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Distributor.
Contains the Distributor’s private key.
Contains one directory for each Distribution that belongs to the Distributor. The working directory name is user-defined in the Distributor object.
Each Distribution has its own directory that is created under the working directory. The Distribution directory’s name is derived from the following syntax: Tree_DN_of_Distribution. For example, TestTree_Files.Distributions.ZENworks.Novell.
Each Distribution directory contains multiple time-stamp directories, which are named according to the date and time the Distribution was built.
Each time a Distribution is built, the Distributor checks to see if anything has changed since the last time the Distribution was built. If so, a new time-stamp directory is created.
The number of time-stamp directories kept is determined by the Maximum Number of Revisions to Keep field in the Distribution object’s properties. There are occasions when the number of time-stamp directories exceeds the maximum number specified, because the Distributor does not delete a time-stamp directory that is in use. The Distributor removes the oldest time-stamp directories first.
Sometimes a time-stamp directory name has _temp appended to it. When a Distributor builds a Distribution, it creates a \*_temp directory before it determines if anything has changed. If changes are discovered, \_temp is removed and the directory is used for the new build.
A Distributor’s time-stamp directories contain the files listed in Table 3-18:
Table 3-18 Files in the Distributor’s Time-Stamp Directories
The following directories are used by NetWare Subscribers:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Subscriber and/or Distributor.
Contains certificates received from Distributors.
Contains one directory for each Distribution that it receives from a Distributor. The working directory name is user-defined in the Subscriber object.
Each Distribution has its own directory that is created under the working directory. The Distribution directory’s name is derived from the following syntax: Tree_DN_of_Distribution. For example, TestTree_Files.Distributions.ZENworks.Novell.
Each Distribution directory contains multiple time-stamp directories, which are named according to the date and time the Distribution was built.
The number of time-stamp directories kept is determined by the Maximum Number of Revisions to Keep field in the Distribution object’s properties.
After a threshold is met, the Subscriber receives the maximum revision information and deletes the oldest time-stamp directories first.
A Subscriber’s time-stamp directories contain the files listed in Table 3-19:
Table 3-19 Files in the Subscriber’s Time-Stamp Directories
The following directories are used by Windows Distributors:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Distributor.
Contains the Distributor’s private key.
The following directories are used by Windows Subscribers:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Subscriber.
Contains certificates received from Distributors.
Each Distribution directory contains multiple time-stamp directories, which are named according to the date and time the Distribution was built.
The following directories are used by Linux or Solaris Distributors:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Distributor.
Contains the Distributor’s private key.
Each Distribution directory contains multiple time-stamp directories, which are named according to the date and time the Distribution was built.
The following directories are used by Linux or Solaris Subscribers:
Contains the Tiered Electronic Distribution software for the Subscriber.
Contains certificates received from Distributors.
Each Distribution directory contains multiple time-stamp directories, which are named according to the date and time the Distribution was built.