ZCM 11 SP1 re-released as SP1a

Posted by on September 22, 2011 No comments

Novell has re-released ZCM 11 SP1 as SP1a. The updated includes a few new fixes.

TID 7008974 Managed devices casa corruption after reinstall or system update
TID 7009174 ZCM 11 SP1 – Launching Bundle from the Start Menu requires “Right Click and Open” for Windows XP
TID 7009265 Serial number mismatch after re-image
TID 7009392 ZCM 11.1 – bundle icons can only be seen in the Application (NAL) Window
TID 7009393 ZCM 11.1 – ZENworks Adaptive Agent icon missing in Windows Explorer
TID 7009394 ZCM 11.1 – wrong icon displayed for NAL folders in Start Menu

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=wXK4dT2_u9Y~

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OES 11 enters open beta

Posted by on September 22, 2011 No comments

OES 11 has entered open beta. You can access the beta at http://www.novell.com/beta/auth/beta.jsp?id=4085&type=1.

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ZCM 11 SP1 Public Beta Available

Posted by on April 26, 2011 No comments

Novell has posted the public beta of ZCM11 SP1. You can get it here -> http://www.novell.com/communities/node/4067/zenworks-community-builds.

New features include:

  • Nested group support
  • Service desk APIs
  • System Update for Sybase and Oracle based installations
  • Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 SP1 support
  • Java 6 support
  • Sybase->SQL migration
  • Firefox 4 support
  • ZESM Security Scripting policies
  • Install Directory performance changes
  • Agent caching performance enhancements
  • Device login status messages
  • Bundle blocking
  • 64-bit group policy management
  • Outlook 2007 support for personality migration
  • DC Power Management settings policies
  • Package Platform Associations for Linux
  • SSL Trust Manager for Linux subscriptions
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Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 Authorized Beta

Posted by on April 6, 2011 No comments

Novell is starting to accept applications for the OES 11 authorized beta. You can find more information at the link listed below.

http://www.novell.com/communities/node/12723/novell-open-enterprise-server-11-authorized-beta

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ENGL Imaging Toolkit 6.0.5 released

Posted by on April 6, 2011 No comments

ENGL has released Imaging Toolkit 6.0.5. The major new feature is support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008  R2 SP1. You can find more in the 6.0.5 release history.

http://www.engl.co.uk/products/imagingtoolkit/6.0/changelog.htm

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Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL on SLES server

Posted by on April 6, 2011 No comments

By default pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL at the console of a SLES initiates and immediate reboot. Not the best situation for a server. Follow the steps below to disable CTRL-ALT-DEL.

  1. Open /etc/inittab
  2. Look for ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r -t 4 now
  3. Change it to ca::ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo "CTRL-ALT-DEL has been disabled." or rem out the line.
  4. Run init q to reload init.
  5. Test by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL at the console.
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Why is my SLES11 SP1 server running the PAE kernel instead of VMI?

Posted by on April 3, 2011 No comments

Here is the explanation from the SLES11 SP1 release notes.

“Since VMWare and Novell and the community did improve the infrastructure in the kernel in a way that VMI is not necessary any more, starting with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 the seperate VMI kernel flavor is now obsolete and therefore was dropped from the media. Upon upgrade it would be automatically replaced by the PAE kernel flavour, which assures customers can take advantage of all the features which were included in the separate VMI kernel flavour.”

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Renaming a NIC in SLES10

Posted by on April 3, 2011 No comments

If you ever swap a NIC in a computer running SLES10 you will notice the new NIC will become eth1 instead of eth0. I ran into this very problem and thought I would pass on a well explained solution.

 

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/19154.html

 

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WordPress, Jetpack, and 1&1

Posted by on April 3, 2011 No comments

After enabling Jetpack on this site I started having problems viewing old posts or using the editor toolbar in the admin interface. A few times I received “500 internal server error.”  After some searching I found that I needed to add the following lines to my root .htaccess.

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

Please be sure to add the lines after # END WordPress line otherwise the settings may get wiped out.

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VMware Workstation education discount

Posted by on April 3, 2011 No comments

Anyone interested in VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion that either attends or works at a university or college is eligible to receive either product at a deep discount.

You can visit the VMware Academic store at http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/academicstore.html

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