The ZENworks Agent includes a service that performs all registration tasks. The tasks performed by the Registration service depend on whether the device is registering for the first time, performing a scheduled refresh, or reregistering with a new registration key. The following table lists the tasks performed in each scenario.
Table 10-1 Registration tasks
|
Task |
Initial Registration |
Refresh |
Reregistration 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Create device object in ZENworks database |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Name device object according to device naming template |
Yes |
Yes 2 |
Yes 2 |
|
Add device to folder |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Add device to groups 3 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Add site, department, and location information 3 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Update device attributes (GUID, IP address, DNS name, last contact time, etc.) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1 Reregistration assumes that the device object has not been removed from the ZENworks database and that the device is simply being reregistered using a new registration key.
2 Occurs only if the Device Dynamic Rename option is enabled. See Enabling Dynamic Renaming of Devices During Registration for more information.
3 Occurs only if the key or rule being used for registration includes this information. See Creating Registration Keys and Rules for more information.
During registration, if you configure the SendRegKeyOnEveryRefresh registry key on the agent, after every refresh, the agent will send the registration key in the initial-web-service file, and the group membership will be updated after every refresh. For more information, see the ZENworks Registry Keys Reference.