ZCM does not deploy updated agent after server is upgraded to 10.1.1

  • 7001629
  • 13-Oct-2008
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 1 - 10.1 Installation - Agent

Situation

When an update is applied to ZENworks, the agent that is deployed by ZENworks is not updated to the latest version until all previously deployed devices receive the update.
Once all deployed devices receive the update or their update status is changed to "ignore", the update will become "baselined" and the agent used for deployment will be upgraded shortly thereafter. 
 

Resolution

This is resolved in version 10.1.2 - once the upgrade has completed on a server, the agents are rebuilt automatically, without waiting for the update to be baselined.

Additional Information

It is possible to manually upgrade the ZENworks agent for deployment prior to the system being "baselined".
 
#1) Copy all of the files from:
%zenworks_home%\work\content-repo\system-update\<updateguid>
to: %zenworks_home%\install\downloads\msi
 
#2) Execute:"novell-zenworks-configure -c CreateExtractorPacks -Z"
 
Please be sure to examine the update PreAgentPkg_AgentComplete.exe contains the proper packages by downloading to an agent and running "PreAgentPkg_AgentComplete.exe -l".
 
For ZCM 10.1.1 - The file list should match the following:
WindowsInstaller-KB 893803-v2-x86.exe:  SIZE: 2585872
x86.dotnetfx.exe:  SIZE: 23510720
TargetOS.x32:  SIZE: 12
novell-zenworks-version-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 19456
CASA.msi:  SIZE: 1946624
authtokenclient.msi:  SIZE: 657408
novell-zenworks-bundle-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 172544
novell-zenworks-inventory-10.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 5688832
novell-zenworks-policy-10.1.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 62976
novell-zenworks-remotemanagement-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 56320
novell-zenworks-usermanagement-10.1.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 587264
novell-zenworks-zennotifyicon-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 63488
novell-zenworks-uninstall-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 188416
novell-zenworks-zencore-agent-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 437760
novell-zenworks-primary-agent-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 2330624
novell-zenworks-windows-desktop-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 2747392
novell-zenworks-actions-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 461312
novell-zenworks-actionhandlers-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 93184
novell-zenworks-winproxy-10.1.0.0.msi:  SIZE: 828416
novell-zenworks-status-collection-point-10.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 34816
novell-zenworks-status-collection-point-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:
novell-zenworks-content-distribution-point-10.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 59392
novell-zenworks-content-distribution-point-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 38912
novell-zenworks-extnlibraries-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 169472
novell-zenworks-policyhandlers-10.1.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 992256
novell-zenworks-zisdservice-10.1.0.0.msi:  SIZE: 57344
novell-zenworks-ziswin-10.1.0.0.msi:  SIZE: 1926656
novell-zenworks-imaging-server-10.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 47616
novell-zenworks-agent-help-10.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 1522176
novell-zenworks-windows-desktop-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 928768
novell-zenworks-usermanagement-langs-client-10.1.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 644096
novell-zenworks-zennotifyicon-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 29696
novell-zenworks-zencore-agent-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 155136
novell-zenworks-remotemanagement-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 64000
novell-zenworks-primary-agent-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 57856
novell-zenworks-policy-langs-client-10.1.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 33280
novell-zenworks-policy-action-handler-res-10.1.0.0.msi:  SIZE: 135680
novell-zenworks-patch-management-agent-10.1.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 10060800
novell-zenworks-actions-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 54784
novell-zenworks-inventory-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 30208
novell-zenworks-bundle-langs-client-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 82432
novell-zenworks-patch-10.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 26112
novell-zenworks-system-update-10.1.1.msi:  SIZE: 113664
novell-zenworks-rm-md-core-10.1.1.0.msi:  SIZE: 3467776
ZENPreAgent.exe.server:  SIZE: 1396
ZENPreAgent.exe.cer:  SIZE: 1166
ZENPreAgent.exe.cfg:  SIZE: 5952
Interop.NetFwTypeLib.dll:  SIZE: 12288
FirewallHandler.dll:  SIZE: 36864
ZENPreAgent.exe:  SIZE: 172032
ZPA_Iface.exe:  SIZE: 57344