Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 08-05-2008 Installation Manual

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9Managing Software withZENworksSUSE Linux Enterprise is ready for integration into an environment administrated byNovell ZENworks Linux Management. It includes an open source ZENworks manage-ment agent, back-end daemon, and user space software management tools. NovellZENworks package management tools use a ZENworks Linux Management server todownload packages and updates. If no ZENworks Linux Management server is availablein your local network, your system can get updates from the Novell Customer Center,which is described in Section 3.14.4, “Novell Customer Center Configuration” (page 39).The back-end daemon for the Novell ZENworks Linux Management Agent is theZENworks Management Daemon (ZMD). ZMD performs software management func-tions. The daemon is started automatically during boot.Check the status of the daemon with rczmd status. To start the daemon, enterrczmd start. To restart it, use rczmd restart. Deactivate it with rczmdstop.ZMD can also be started with special options to control its behavior. To have ZMDalways start with some special options permanently, set ZMD_OPTIONS in /etc/sysconfig/zmd then run SuSEconfig. The available options are:-n, --no-daemonDo not run the daemon in the background.-m, --no-modulesDo not load any modules.Managing Software with ZENworks 199