Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management 3.5 Manuale Utente

ZENworks® ESM 3.5

Administrator’s Manual

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Patches to repair any minor defects in the ZENworks Security Client are made available with 
regular ESM updates. rather than providing a new installer, which will need to be distributed 
through MSI to all endpoints, ZSC Update allows the administrator to dedicate a zone on the 
network which will distribute update patches to end-users when they associate to that network 
environment. 

To access this control, open the Global Policy Settings tab and click the ZSC Update icon in the 
policy tree on the left

To facilitate simple and secure distribution of these patches to all ZSC users, perform the 
following steps:

Step 1: Check Enable to activate the screen and the rule 

Step 2: Select the location where the ZSC will look for the updates. Due to the recommendations 

in the next step, the location associated with the enterprise environment (i.e.: the "Work" 
location) is the recommended candidate 

Step 3: Enter the URI where the patch has been stored (Note: This will need to point to the patch 

file, which can be either the setup.exe file for the ZENworks Security Client, or an MSI 
file created from the .exe). For security purposes, it is recommended that these files be 
stored on a secure server behind the corporate firewall 

Step 4: Enter the version information for this file in the provided fields. Version information is 

found by installing the ZENworks Security Client and opening the About screen (see the 
ESM ZENworks Security Client User's Guide for details). The version number for 
STEngine.exe is the version number you will want to use in the fields 

Each time the user enters the assigned location, the ZSC will check the URI for an update that 
matches that version number. If an update is available the ZSC will download and install it.