Environment
Novell
ZENworks 7 Handheld Management - ZHM7
Situation
Describes the
various scans and rules governing them.
Resolution
ConsoleOne"Scan Now" functionality:
The "Scan Now” operation forces the ZHM7 server to reread eDirectory information for any changes in Policy and Application configurations, and to make appropriate changes in database.
Note: This
scanning occurrs at a regular interval as specified in the property
page of ZHM Service Object in ConsoleOne. If your polices and
application configurations do not change very often, it is
advisable to keep the default Scan Interval to a high value because
directory scanning is a time consuming process.
Hardware inventory scan functionality for Windows CE & Palm devices:
A fresh
hardware inventory is sent to the server every time the handheld
device connects to the ZHM7 backend (by cradling or by pressing"Connect Now" on the ZHM7 agent console on the handheld
device).
For an
IP-based "always connected” device, this interval is 60 minutes by
default.
Hardware inventory scan
functionality for Blackberry devices:
This is
governed by a policy.
Software Inventory Scan
functionality for Windows CE & Palm
devices:
A fresh
software inventory is sent to the server at most once in 24 hours.
Even if a device connects more frequently to the ZHM backend, the
software inventory will not be collected and sent.
The 24 hour
period is calculated from when the device connects to the Access
Point. The Access Point bases its decision on the time-values
stored in its memory and current time.
The Access
Point that the device connects to keeps information about when the
last software inventory was sent by a particular device. The
Access Point keeps this information in a data-structure in its
memory. When the device connects the next time, the Access Point
looks at this data-structure and verifies if the software inventory
was collected in the last 24 hours. If it was not collected, then
the Access Point requests the device to send the software inventory
during this connection.
Software Inventory Scan
functionality for Blackberry devices:
The software
inventory scan interval is based on a policy.