Novell ZENworks 6.5 Suite Administrator's Handbook

APPENDIX A ZENworks Inventory Database Schema

ZENworks comes with several views to retrieve information from the inventory database. Those views, however, may not always give you the information you need exactly how you want it. If you are familiar with the Common Information Model (CIM) and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) and have a solid understanding of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), you can access the ZENworks inventory database directly by creating your own queries and views.

Accessing the inventory database can be a powerful tool for you to create metrics to measure company growth, user and workstation status, product usage, and so on. This appendix lists tables that define the schema and associations in the ZENworks ...