Environment
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 10
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11ZENworks Configuration Management 2017
Situation
When using ZENworks to push out Windows 2008 Active
Directory policies, none of the settings set with Group Policy
Management Console for
Computer
Configuration or User
Configuration> Preferences
are applied to the workstation. No error is seen.
Resolution
ZENworks 10.x and 11.x do not support AD group policy
preferences.
Convert the preference to a custom ADM (Administrative
Template) and add this to the group policy, as shown in
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739134(WS.10).aspx
push out as a standard group policy.
Additional Information
For example, in the case of Power options.
Following the documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730920.aspx to
set Vista GPO's
Group Policy Management Console for Computer Configuration or User Configuration> Policies > Administrative Templates> System > Power Management
will apply to Vista workstations.
But the configuration for XP Computer Configuration or User Configuration> Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Power
Options
will fail to apply to XP workstations.
In this case a tool such as http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html
can be used to convert to ADM format, which can be applied to the
XP workstations via a ZENworks Group Policy.