Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management 3.5 Manuale Utente

ZENworks® ESM 3.5

Administrator’s Manual

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The Policy Distribution Service is a web service 
application that, when requested, distributes security 
policies and other necessary data to ZENworks 
Security Clients. ESM security policies are created 
and edited with the Management Service's 
Management Console, then published to the Policy 
Distribution Service where they are downloaded by 
the client at check-in.

The Policy Distribution Service authenticates 
ZENworks Security Clients based on the user ID credentials obtained from the Management 
Service, and supplies each client with the designated security policy.

Reporting data is collected by ZENworks Security Clients and passed up to the Policy 
Distribution Service. This data is periodically collected by the Management Service and then 
deleted from the Policy Distribution Service. 

The Policy Distribution Service does not initiate any communications with the other ESM 
components, and only responds to others. It does not hold sensitive data in the clear, nor does it 
hold the keys needed to decrypt the sensitive data. It does not hold user credentials, or any other 
user-specific data. 

Please refer to the Installation and Quick Start guide for selection and installation instructions.

It is recommended that regular Disk Cleanup tasks be configured to run on this server to remove 
temporary files out of the Windows\temp folder.  Under extreme load conditions windows can 
generate an inordinate amount of temporary files that needlessly take up disk space.

The ESM Policy Distribution Service software can be upgraded by running the new installation 
software.

To uninstall the Policy Distribution Service, use the Add/Remove Programs function in the 
Windows Control Panel, or run the installation again from the ESM installation CD.