Preboot services are not running on SLES 12 based Primary Server

  • Document ID:7017172
  • Creation Date:20-Jan-2016
  • Modified Date:31-May-2016
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Configuration Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.4 Imaging
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.4.1 Imaging

Situation

SLES 12 based Primary Server

The different preboot/imaging related services get started but stop immediately again.

This is not seen on every server setup.

Resolution

This is fixed in version 11.4.2 - see KB 7017469 "ZENworks Configuration Management 11.4.2 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7017469

Workaround:
Ensure the different preboot services are configured to type oneshot in the related systemd control files at opt/novell/zenworks/lib/systemd/system:
- novell-tftp.service
- novell-pbserv.service
- novell-zmgprebootpolicy.service
- novell-proxydhcp.service

E.g the novell-tftp.service file content should look like:
"...
Description=Novell TFTP server After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/etc/init.d/novell-tftp start
ExecStop=/etc/init.d/novell-tftp stop
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
..."