In a cluster,Multicasting uses the node IP address instead of the resource IP address

  • Document ID:7003688
  • Creation Date:29-Jun-2009
  • Modified Date:10-Jun-2013
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Configuration Management
      ZENworks Desktop Management
      ZENworks Linux Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Support Pack 1 - ZDM7 SP1 Imaging
Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management on Linux Support Pack 1 - ZDML7 SP1 Imaging
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 1 - 10.1 Imaging
Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management - ZLM7.3

Situation

Clustered environment

Workstations cannot join multicast session

Resolution

For ZDM7 and ZDML7: To obtain a hot patch with the fix for this problem, follow the instructions in KB 3484245 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

For ZCM 10: This is fixed in version 10.2 - see TID 7003225"ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with SP2 (10.2)" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

For ZLM7.3: This is fixed in ZLM 7.3 Interim Release 2 - see KB 7003346 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

Status

Reported to Engineering

Additional Information

In a clustered environment, ZENworks imaging uses the node IP address to announce itself for multicast sessions: it should use the clustered resource IP address