Environment
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 - ZDM6.5
Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management - ZfD7Novell ZENworks Imaging
Situation
ZENworks tftp server driverupdate file on NetWare fails to
download
SUSE provides for a driver update process that download the
file "driverupdate" from the tftp server. This fails on a NetWare
server since the long file names are not correctly supported.
Testing on a Windows server this works correctly.
Resolution
For ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management: Fixed in TFTP.NLM
dated 22 May 2006 or newer in ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management SP2
IR1 or newer found at https://www.novell.com/support
.
For ZENworks 7 Desktop Management: Fixed in ZENworks
7 Desktop Management with SP1, available at https://download.novell.com
Additional Information
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Using a ZENworks 7 PXE NetWare server
2. Create a file with a long file name in the sys:tftp\boot directory "longfilename"
3. Create a file with a long extension name in the sys:tftp\boot directory "short.filename"
4. Boot a PXE client and enter ZENworks Maintenance option
5. At the bash prompt execute the following commands:
tftp -v -m binary -c get
boot/longfilename
tftp -v -m binary -c get
short.filename
6. confirm both of the above fail, then execute the following:
tftp -v -m binary -c get
boot/longfi~1
tftp -v -m binary -c get short~1.fil
7. confirm both of the above work.
Files with 8.3 format (or short names) can be pulled from NetWare servers.
Formerly known as TID# 10099843
1. Using a ZENworks 7 PXE NetWare server
2. Create a file with a long file name in the sys:tftp\boot directory "longfilename"
3. Create a file with a long extension name in the sys:tftp\boot directory "short.filename"
4. Boot a PXE client and enter ZENworks Maintenance option
5. At the bash prompt execute the following commands:
tftp -v -m binary
tftp -v -m binary
6. confirm both of the above fail, then execute the following:
tftp -v -m binary
tftp -v -m binary
7. confirm both of the above work.
Files with 8.3 format (or short names) can be pulled from NetWare servers.
Formerly known as TID# 10099843