FARONICS DEEP FREEZE - INTEGRATING WITH NOVELL ZENWORKS 4-2007 Manual

Summary of DEEP FREEZE - INTEGRATING WITH NOVELL ZENWORKS 4-2007

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    Contents introduction........................................................................................................................................................3 who should use this document? ..................................................................................................

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    Introduction deep freeze provides network administrators with a simple and 100 percent successful method of maintaining desktop systems and reduces software technical support to an absolute minimum. Completely invulnerable to hacking, deep freeze instantly protects and preserves original computer co...

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    Installingthedeepfreezeconfigurationadministrator the deep freeze configuration administrator is the component of the deep freeze installation that allows workstation installation files, workstation seeds, and the deep freeze enterprise console to be created. The configuration administrator should o...

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    5. In the path to file box, type the full path to the configuration administrator installer; for example, z:\deep freeze\df6ent.Exe . You can also use a unc path if you have not mapped the network share to a drive on the workstation. In the parameters box, type the command /update=”” c:\dflog. Log, ...

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    6. Select the associations > associations tab, and add the appropriate users or workstations to associate with this object. 7. Click apply then click ok. 8. On the client workstation where you want to install the configuration administrator, open the novell application launcher, and browse to the fo...

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    Installingdeepfreezeworkstationinstallationfilesandwork- stationseedfiles the deep freeze workstation installation files and workstation seed files are the workstation level deep freeze components that must be installed on all workstations protected by deep freeze. You do not need to install both th...

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    5. In the parameters box, type the command line switch /install ..

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    6. Select the associations > associations tab and add the appropriate workstations to associate with this object. We recommend that you associate the install files object with workstation objects rather than user objects. This prevents you from inadvertently installing the workstation install file o...

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    10 8. In the registry rule dialog box, in the key area, select key exists, and browse to the location of the deep freeze file. In the value name area, select value does not exist, type the name df version , and click ok. 9. Click apply, and then click ok. On the client workstations where you want to...

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    11 usingdeepfreezecommandlinecontroltocontroldeep freeze the deep freeze command line control (dfc) offers network administrators increased flexibility in managing deep freeze workstations. Dfc works in combination with third-party enterprise management tools and/or central management update worksta...

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    1 4. Select distribution options > application files and add the dfc.Exe application to the list of files to be copied to the workstation; for example, \\earth\sys\public\deep freeze\dfc. Exe will be copied to the c:\ partition. You can copy the file to any location on the system, but we recommend t...

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    1 5. Select distribution options > options, and select distribute always and distribute in workstation security space if workstation associated..

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    1 6. Select the associations > associations tab and add the appropriate workstations to associate with this object, and select force run; for example, all workstations running deep freeze are part of the workstations.Canada container and the application is associated with the workstations in that co...

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    1 tocreatethefreezeobject: 1. Create a new application object named dfc in the nds tree by accepting all the default options. 2. Right-click on the application object and select properties. 3. Select the distribution options > distribution scripts tab and type the following script into the run befor...

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    1 4. In the script engine location box, type: cmd.Exe /c.

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    1 5. Select the distribution options > options tab, and select the options below: reboot > always prompt for reboot > don’t prompt distribute in workstation security space if workstation associated.

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    1 6. Select the associations > associations tab, and add the appropriate workstations and users to associate with this object. 7. Click apply and click ok. To verify the application object functions correctly, browse to the object in the application launcher and run the application object. The works...

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    1 tocreatethethawobject: 1. Create a new application object named dfc in the nds tree by accepting all the default options. 2. Right-click on the application object and select properties. 3. Select the distribution options > distribution scripts tab and type the following script into the run before ...

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    0 4. In the script engine location box, type: cmd.Exe /c.

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    1 5. Select the distribution options > options tab, and select the options below: reboot > always prompt for reboot > don’t prompt distribute in workstation security space if workstation associated.

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    6. Select the associations > associations tab, and add the appropriate workstations and users to associate with this object. 7. Click apply and click ok. The command line option /thawnextboot will thaw the computer and allow users to access the system via the local terminal. If users should not be a...

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    Applicationdependencies in zenworks you can make an application dependant on the execution of another application object prior to installation. In this case, you can make the installation of a specific application dependant on the push of a thaw command to the workstation by creating an application ...