Environment
Novell ZENworks Asset Management 7 - ZAM7
MAC OS 10.2.4
Situation
The following commands can be used when troubleshooting the
ZENworks Asset Management client on a Macintosh OS.
Resolution
To start the ZAM client,
sudo systemstarter start
zamclient
To stop the ZAM client,
sudo systemstarter stop
zamclient
To start a scan manually,
sudo kill -USR1 'cat
/var/run/zamclient.pid'
To switch into diagnostic mode on the fly,
sudo kill -HUP 'cat
/var/run/zamclient.pid'
To be in diagnostic mode on startup, edit the
/etc/zamclient.conf and add this line to the top
diagnostic=1
After restarting the ZAM client, the log file is written
to /var/log/zamclientEvent.log
Additional Information
File Location Reference:
/usr/local/zam Main installation directory for the
ZAM Mac client
/var/log
Client installation log, daily logs, diagnostic logs
/etc zamclient.conf
(contains HOST and port information, as well as the Object ID for
this system)