A device is automatically registered when the ZENworks Agent is installed. You should only need to manually register a device in the following situations:
The device was unregistered.
The device object was deleted from the ZENworks database. The ZENworks Agent is still installed on the device and you now want to register the device again.
You want to reregister an already registered device with an additional registration key.
Manual registration of a device must be done at the device using the ZENworks Agent command line utility (zac).
The following sections provide instructions:
At the device, open a command prompt.
Enter the following command:
zac reg [-a <authorization key>][-k key] [-u ZENworks Administrator username -p ZENworks Administrator password] [server_url:port]
For example:
zac reg -k acct -u zadmin -p novell https://zserver.novell.com
The -k, -u, and -p parameters are optional. If you do not use the -u and -p parameters, you are prompted to enter a username and password. For the server_url:port parameter, you can also use an IP address; the port is required only if the ZENworks Server is not using the default port ( 443).
If you have enabled the Security setting on a ZENworks server to which the devices will be registered, then you need to use the Authorization key to register the device.
NOTE:
The -g and -k options are meant only for the initial registration of a device. On subsequent registration requests, -g and -k options will not be honored because of the reconciliation of the device with an existing device object.
When you modify or update the GUID using the -g option, then audit and messages generated with the old GUID will be lost.
At the device, open a command prompt.
Enter the following command:
zac add-reg-key registration_key
For example:
zac add-reg-key acct
Registration keys are additive. If you register with more than one key, the device receives all group memberships associated with each registration key.