Environment
Novell ZENworks 11 Patch Management Support Pack 1
Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management Support Pack 1 - ZCM 11 SP1 Patch Management
Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management Support Pack 1 - ZCM 11 SP1 Patch Management
Situation
patch-agent-windows-x86 and
patch-agent-windows-x86
bundles recreate empty not containing any Bundle action.
Managed devices miss patch management required executable likesanalyze.exe andremediate.exe
Managed devices miss patch management required executable likesanalyze.exe andremediate.exe
Resolution
Discover Applicable Updates related Bundles should not be manually
manipulated.
Workaround:
Workaround:
- Before triggering the patch subscription server, place dummy files on the primary server running the subscription service.
- Create an empty dummy.txt file at
- Windows: %zenworks_home%\zpm\agents\windows\x86 and %zenworks_home%\zpm\agents\windows\x64
- Linux: /opt/novell/zenworks/zpm/agents/windows/x86 and/opt/novell/zenworks/zpm/agents/windows/x64 - Run permissions.sh from %ZENWORKS_HOME%\bin or /opt/novell/zenworks/bin
- Hit the Update Now button on the Patch Management subscription service information page in ZCC or wait for the next daily schedule to occur. For more information see Viewing Subscription Service Information in online documentation.
- Remove the create dummy files,
- Open the new created patch-agent bundles and remove the bundle install action created for the dummy file. This action is called Signature File dummy.txt
Additional Information
This issue occurs when manually deleting the already existing
Discover Applicable Updates (DAU) related Patch Bundles, forcing
the subscription service to recreate them.
These automatic created and maintained Patch Bundles should not be touched by the administrator. In case there is supposed to be corruption in those bundles, the Patch Management service configuration should be reset completely by hitting the Reset ZENworks Patch Management Settings button on the Patch Management subscription service information page in ZCC.
ATTENTION! This will remove all current ZPM related information from the zone, like mandatory baseline configurations or already cached patches
These automatic created and maintained Patch Bundles should not be touched by the administrator. In case there is supposed to be corruption in those bundles, the Patch Management service configuration should be reset completely by hitting the Reset ZENworks Patch Management Settings button on the Patch Management subscription service information page in ZCC.
ATTENTION! This will remove all current ZPM related information from the zone, like mandatory baseline configurations or already cached patches