Environment
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 2 -
10.2 System Update
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Situation
Windows server with content-repo redirected to another disk,
using the procedure in section 20.1 "
Changing the Location of the Content Repository on a Windows
Server" within "
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System Administration
Reference" found at
https://www.novell.com/documentation
Following upgrade to ZCM 10.2.1, the mount point is lost, and the file and directories in content-repo are no longer visible
Following upgrade to ZCM 10.2.1, the mount point is lost, and the file and directories in content-repo are no longer visible
Resolution
This is fixed in version 10.2.2 - see KB 7004803 "ZENworks 10
Configuration Management 10.2.2 - update information and list of fixes"
which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support
The following are workaround options
For any server not yet updated to 10.2.1, the best process is either to upgrade to 10.2.2, bypassing 10.2.1, or:
The following are workaround options
For any server not yet updated to 10.2.1, the best process is either to upgrade to 10.2.2, bypassing 10.2.1, or:
- Cancel the reboot prompt at the end of update.
- Check if the mount point is gone. If not, skip all next steps and reboot.
- Move all files and folders inside 'content-repo' to a temp folder.
- Remount the redirected disk to 'content-repo'.
- Reboot.
- Stop all ZENworks services on the server.
- Move all files and folders inside 'content-repo' to a backup folder.
- Remount the redirected disk to 'content-repo'.
- Copy all the folders inside the backup folder\content-repo\contents\ to"%ZENWORKS_HOME%\work\content-repo\contents", while saying 'NO' to any file overwrite prompt (this is necessary in case any content was uploaded after the upgrade).
- Reboot.