Environment
Novell
ZENworks Patch Management - ZPM
Situation
Licensesneed to be freed up due to the following reasons:
A
workstation was re-imaged before agent was
un-installed.
A
workstation was powered off then rebuilt with a same or different
OS, before agent was un-installed.
A
workstation was unable to communicate with the local ZPM server
while an agent un-install was preformed.
Resolution
The proper
way to remove agents that have registered with the local ZPM
server, is to un-install the agent while it is still able to
communicate with the ZPM server. This will free up the license and
remove all information from the database. If this was no done,
please follow the steps below:
Disabling a
device releases the agent license used by the agent installed on
the device and makes it available to the system. Once disabled, the
agent on the device ceases communication with Patch Management
Server and is no longer included in the patch management activities
of the ZENworks Patch Management Server.
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Note this is taken from theZPM Online Documentation page
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To Disable a Device
- In theDeviceslist, select one or multiple devices
- In theActionmenu, clickDisable
- In theConfirmationdialog box, clickOKThe device is displayed in the list of devices identified with thedisabledicon in the status column
This is the same
process for ZPM 6.2 or ZPM 6.3
A new feature
in ZPM 6.3 is the Absentee Agent Management
Absentee Agent Management allows ZENworks Patch Management Server to automatically delete Agents that are unresponsive for a set number of days. A value of zero disables this function.
Absentee Agent Management allows ZENworks Patch Management Server to automatically delete Agents that are unresponsive for a set number of days. A value of zero disables this function.
** Note this is
taken from theZPM Online Documentation page
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