Environment
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 1 - 10.1 Imaging
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 2 - 10.2 Imaging
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 2 - 10.2 Imaging
VMware Workstation 6.0.4
Situation
1. Imaging for HP DC5800 with e1000e NIC:
PXE boot process gets error: "no ZENworks repository found"
Manual boot process gets error: "license expired error message"
NIC driver is not loaded.
2. PXE fails booting up VMware workstation.
ALT-F3 terminal screen gives the following error.
ERROR:
'Trying to activate eth0.'
'eth0 activated'
'tftp error: timeout'
Download of the PXE files times out.
ALT-F3 terminal screen gives the following error.
ERROR:
'Trying to activate eth0.'
'eth0 activated'
'tftp error: timeout'
Download of the PXE files times out.
Resolution
1. Fixes for ZENworks Imaging:
This is fixed in version 10.3.2 - see KB 7007237 "ZENworks Configuration Management 10.3.2 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support
A fix for this issue is included in ZENworks 11, see KB 7006995 "ZENworks 11 - information and updates" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support
2. Fix for VMware environment:
The only change required to get this working is to modify the %Vmworkstation_image_location%/vm1.vmx file to add the following:
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
This will make the virtual machine use the Intel virtualized NIC instead of the AMD.
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
This will make the virtual machine use the Intel virtualized NIC instead of the AMD.