Adding ZPM 6.4 agent to multiple groups does not work as shown in the documentation

  • Document ID:7003344
  • Creation Date:24-May-2009
  • Modified Date:10-Jun-2013
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Patch Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.4 - ZPM6.4 Agent

Situation

Trying to add an agent to multiple groups at install time using a command line option such as
msiexec /i "C:\UpdateAgent.msi" /qn HOST=http://patch/ SERIAL="XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX" USEPROXY=0 GROUPLIST="Custom1;Custom2"
results in the agent only being registered to group"custom1".

The documentation at https://www.novell.com/documentation/zenworks7/pdfdoc/ptm7install/ptm7ainstall.pdf Page 34 "Performing a Silent Install from a Command Prompt" shows that a semicolon should work as a group separator.

Resolution

In the GROUPLIST parameter, use the pipe character "|" instead of a semicolon";", e.g., 
GROUPLIST="Custom1|Custom2"