24 Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration Guidenovdocx (en) 7 January 2010 Section 1.1.2, “Groups,” on page 24 Section 1.1.3, “Folders vs. Groups,” on page 251.1.1 FoldersYour ZENworks Management Zone includes two default folders for devices: Servers andWorkstations. You can create additional folders within each of these folders to further organizedevices.Folders let you control which ZENworks system configuration settings are applied to which devices,including how often a device refreshes its information from the ZENworks Object Store, whatinformation a device includes in its log files, and whether or not a device can be managed remotely.You can define the configuration settings at the ZENworks Management Zone, on folders, or onindividual devices. Because configuration settings can be defined on folders, you can place similardevices in the same folder and then define the configuration settings on the folder. All devices in thefolder inherit the folder configuration settings, which override any settings made at the ManagementZone level.For example, assume that you have 30 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Servers in your environment and 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers. You want to apply different system configuration settings to thetwo types of servers, so you create two folders (/Servers/SUSE and /Servers/RedHat) and placethe appropriate servers in each folder. Because you have more SUSE servers than Red Hat servers,you configure the settings at the Management Zone level to accommodate the SUSE servers. Then,you configure the settings on the /Servers/RedHat folder to accommodate the Red Hat servers andoverride the settings on the Management Zone.To create a folder:1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.2 If you want to create a folder for servers, click the Servers folder.orIf you want to create a folder for workstations, click the Workstations folder.3 Click New > Folder to display the New Folder dialog box.4 Type the name of the new folder, then click OK.For more information, see Appendix C, “Naming Conventions in the ZENworks ControlCenter,” on page 605.1.1.2 GroupsA group is a collection of devices that share similar requirements. The devices might require thesame software packages, the same operating system or application configuration settings, or thesame inventory collection schedule.For example, of the 30 SUSE and 10 Red Hat servers mentioned in the Folders section, 10 SUSEservers and 5 Red Hat servers might be dedicated to the Accounting department. As such, they allrequire the same accounting software. Because groups can be assigned software packages, youcould create an Accounting group, add the 15 servers to the group, and then assign the appropriateaccounting software packages to the group.
