Subscription Download Page

The Subscription Download page allows you to configure the subscription download options for the ZENworks Primary Server. You can select the languages that are used within your network to ensure that you only download the patches that are most applicable for your organization. The next time replication occurs, only those patches specific to the languages are downloaded, which saves time and disk space on your ZENworks Primary Server.

NOTE:Novell does not recommend selecting all languages because each language can represent hundreds of patches. Downloading unnecessary languages can result in thousands of useless patch definitions within your ZENworks Primary Server database that would then need to be disabled in the Patch Management tab.

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Description

Choose your language options

Enables you to select the language of patches you want to download. For example, if you select the French check box, only French language patches are downloaded.

Mix Multiple Languages

Enables you to combine all languages into each Discover Applicable Updates Assignment (not recommended).

SSL

Enables you to turn secured downloading on or off.

Cache patch bundles to satellite servers

Enables you to cache patch bundles to the servers or workstations that are managed by primary servers.

Cache patch bundles to primary servers

Enables you to cache patch bundles to primary servers only.

Select the platforms to download

Enables you to select the operating system platform for which you want to download patches. For example, if you select the Windows check box, only Windows patches are downloaded.

IMPORTANT:Customers with larger network environments should select both Cache patch bundles to satellite servers and Cache patch bundles to primary servers.

Within an enterprise network environment, the customer usually installs more than one ZCM Primary Server. Although only one of these servers can be used to download patches, every Primary Server has a cache of bundle content for distribution to the agents that are closest to it within the zone. Thus, when an agent wants to get a bundle, it can get the bundle directly from its closest Primary Server rather than the Primary Server where the patches were downloaded.

The Satellites that are installed within the customer network can also serve as a cache for bundle content. If an agent is at a remote branch office with a Satellite, it can get its content directly from the Satellite rather than the Primary Server where patches were downloaded.

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Action

OK

Enables you to go back to the Configuration page

Apply

Enables you to save the changes made to the page

Reset

Enables you to reset the selected options

Cancel

Enables you to cancel the last action performed

Recommendations for using patches:

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