Machine related attributes are not being collected by ZLM inventory collector

  • 3449101
  • 19-Jul-2006
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment


Novell ZENworks Linux Management Linux Management 7 - ZLM7

Situation

Machine related attributes like:

Machine Asset
Machine Model
Machine Model Number
Machine Serial
Machine Vendor

appear to not be captured by the Novell ZENworks Linux Management 7 Inventory Collector.

The chassis info can be used as a replacement for some of the data, however, we still are not able to get the Machine Serial, Model or Model number.

Resolution


To obtain access to a hot patch with the fix for this problem, follow the instructions in KB 3469853 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management" which can be found at Novell Support