ENGL Support

Overview

When upgrading ZENworks or re-integrating ENGL Zim into the Novell ZENworks TFTP folder the TFTP folder structure may result in the ZENworks PXE Imaging environment failing to load successfully.

This can occur when:

• ZENworks system update fails to update the TFTP folder structure correctly.
  
  
• The version of the imaging update (linux, root or initrd) files are unknown and as a result the wrong ENGL initrd file has been copied to the tftp/boot folder
  
  

If the version of the files within the TFTP folder structure are unknown it makes it difficult to ensure that the correct ENGL initrd file is applied.

Solution

Use the Novell pxeclient MSI package to create a clean TFTP folder structure.

Procedure

1. Copy the pxeclient MSI file from the server

   Copy the novell-zenworks-pxeclientfiles-<version>.msi file from the %ZENWORKS_HOME%\install\downloads\msi folder on the ZENworks server to a temporary folder on the Build Console machine
   
   This location differs between server OS:
   
   

   Linux	/opt/novell/zenworks/install/downloads/msi
   Windows	C:\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\install\downloads\msi

   
   
   

2. Extract contents of MSI

   Open a command prompt on the admin workstation
   Launch

   msiexec /i C:\temp\novell-zenworks-pxeclientfiles-<version>.msi TARGETDIR=C:\TEMP\tftp

    The version will vary depending on the ZENworks server version.
   
    The C:\TEMP\tftp folder will now be as follows:
   

   C:\TEMP
   \---tftp
       \---Novell
           \---ZENworks
               +---bin
               |   \---preboot
               |           novell-syslinux.patch
               |
               \---share
                   \---tftp
                       |   autoyast.cfg
                       |   dell-dtk.cfg
                       |   dell-dtk_maint.cfg
                       |   kickstart.cfg
                       |   memdisk
                       |   nvlnbp.sys
                       |   pxelinux.0
                       |   pxemenu.txt
                       |   winpe.cfg
                       |   z_auto.cfg
                       |   z_maint.cfg
                       |   z_zpdis.cfg
                       |   z_zpen.cfg
                       |
                       +---boot
                       |       bcd
                       |       initrd
                       |       linux
                       |       root
                       |       settings.txt
                       |
                       +---dell-dtk
                       |       dell-dtk.s
                       |       dell-dtk_maint.s
                       |       dtktask
                       |       libsysfs.so.1.0.2
                       |       novell-dtktask
                       |       SA.1
                       |       SA.2
                       |
                       \---referral
                           \---zfd70
                                   pxemenu.txt
                                   z_auto100.cfg
                                   z_maint100.cfg
                                   z_zpdis100.cfg
                                   z_zpen100.cfg

    The C:\Temp\tftp\Novell\ZENworks\share\tftp folder is equivalent to the TFTP folder found on a new install of ZENworks on a server.
   
   

3. Run Integration Wizard

   When running Integration Wizard it is now possible to use this newly created folder rather than the copy of the TFTP folder from the server.
   
   

4. Test updated TFTP folder

   Once Integration Wizard has been run and a new TFTP folder has been created, follow the steps detailed in the toDo_integrate.html file to test the updated TFTP folder.

If you have any problems or questions about the script or steps in this TID  please contact the ENGL support team