Pre-agent slows down bootup

  • 7002114
  • 08-Dec-2008
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management

Situation

During bootup, the pre-agent is initialised, then once it discovers that the agent is installed it is stopped. This is an unnecessary overhead.

Resolution

This is fixed in version 10.1.2 - see KB 7001914 "ZENworks 10 Configuration Management 10.1.2" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

Additional Information

The Pre-agent is used to turn the device into an "advertised device" if the agent is uninstalled, making it easier to re-install. With this update, the service is disabled, and only re-enabled if the agent is uninstalled.