ZDM/ZSM installation is slow over some WAN links

  • 3745909
  • 16-Feb-2007
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Support Pack 1 - ZDM7 SP1
Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management Support Pack 1 - ZSM7 SP1

Situation

Installation of ZDM or ZSM over WAN links is slow and very time consuming. This is especially true if the link is slow such as 56k WAN links.

Resolution

When possible, the installation of ZDM or ZSM should be done on the same LAN environment. When this is not possible, it works much better to copy or Distribute the files over the WAN link and then remotely run the installation through a mapped drive.