ZENworks scripted images using variables fail to process correctly

Document ID:3664671
Creation Date:11-Jan-2007
Modified Date:30-Apr-2012
- Micro Focus Products:
  ZENworks Desktop Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management - ZDM7 Imaging

Situation

ZENworks scripted images using variables fail to process correctly.

Imaging scripts using extra % characters for variable names do not work after applying Hot Patches after ZDM7 SP1 was made available.

Prior to Hot Patches for ZDM 7 SP1, running 'img a' would create a zenAdvancedScript file and would replace %% with % wherever it existed. With HP2, the script is left as it is in the object (i.e. all %% are still %%). This breaks imaging scripts.

Resolution

It is no longer necessary to use extra % characters as a workaround to get script variables to be recognized.

Original example:

file:run,"img rp %%PROXYADDR%% //%%PROXYADDR%%/images/%%drivers_image%% a1:p1",verbose

To fix the problem, remove the extra % characters:

file:run,"img rp %PROXYADDR% //%PROXYADDR%/images/%drivers_image% a1:p1",verbose

NOTES:

The syntax used above is applicable to scripts used in ENGL's Zim product (http://www.engl.co.uk/products/zim/index.html).
This symptom is also referenced in ENGL's Knowledgebase at https://englnet.engl.co.uk/kb/tid-2007002.htm