Image Safe Data parameters that can be used in scripts

  • 3391363
  • 27-Feb-2007
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 7 - ZDM7
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 7 - ZDM7 Imaging
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 - ZDM6.5 Imaging
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 - ZDM6.5

Situation

What parameters can be used to retreive information from Image Safe Data (ISD)?
What is the command line utility used to get the information from Image Safe Date(ISD)?

ZISVIEW DNSH is blank after setting DNS name in ZISEDIT

zisedit command line attributes are different in ZDM7 SP1 compared to ZDM 7

zisedit command line attributes have been renamed after ZDM 7

Resolution

The command line utility used for extracting ISD information is 'zisview -z'.
Example: export FILENAME=$(zisview -z ComputerName)
**NOTE: The parameters are case senstive.

List of Parameters:

Parameters

Value

JustImaged

True or False

ScriptedImage

True or False

LastBaseImage

Value of last base image

Tree

NDS Treename

NetBIOSName or ComputerNameName of the host, Windows Computer name
WorkGroupWindows WorkGroup Name
SIDSID of the workstation
DHCPReturns either"On" or "Off"
IPReturns IP address if DHCP is not being used
GatewayReturns Gateway Address if DHCP is not being used
MaskReturens Subnet Mask if DHCP is not being used

Fixed in ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Service Pack 1 Interim Release 3a, see KB 3484245 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management" which can be found at Novell Support