Re: Zenworks client and login slowdown
Greg Nash
We had similar problems on older machines with only 512mb.
The problem was simply too many things kicking off at the same time right
after login.
SAV, Zen, Patchlink, etc.
Things to check:
1) Make sure you don't have too many force run apps (with lots of rules).
This takes processing power to churn thru. If you can pare these down, it
can help.
2) How often are you running an inventory? When is it scheduled to kick
off?
3) Try disabling zen from auto-starting. What happens when you wait til the
desktop loads and *then* kick off the NAL?
4) If loading the NAL later helps, you can add a switch to your nal load
line to delay its start.
5) Don't overlook the obvious: HD defrag'd?
6) Make sure your NIC's are properly set. We had new cisco switches put in,
which were set to 100/full (and auto on the workstation side). Workstations
wouldn't always handshake correctly, and this would cause huge issues.
Setting both sides to auto/auto fixed similar issues).
What happens if you log in to the workstation locally first (workstation
only) then login to novell, then kick off zen?
>>> On 11/9/2009 at 9:56 PM, in message
<spearse...@no-mx.forums.novell.com>,
spearse<spe...@no-mx.forums.novell.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> We are having an issue which seems to be Zenworks client-related.
>
> Some of our users are having a major delay during login. The issue isnot
> happening to everyone. The sequence of events is:
>
> - turn on machine
> - login screen appears (35 seconds)
> - fill in password and press ENTER (2 seconds)
> - wait up to 4 minutes for desktop to appear
>
> During the wait for the desktop, we can see that the disk is
> beingthrashed.
>
> If I remove the antivirus product the wait is shorted by 30%. If Iremove
> the Zenworks for Desktops client, the wait is shortened by 90%.
>
> I've pared down the Zen desktop installation to only the NAL
> andWorkstation Management (which are the only two we *have* to have)
> andthe problem persists. If I remove and reinstall ZFD without
> theWorkstation Management component, the problem is gone. I have tried
> XPSP2 and SP3 to see if there is any difference there -
> nothingsignificant.
>
> I am pretty sure something is going wrong with the WorkstationManagement
> component. (I think also that the antivirus product is makingit worse but
> that is another story)
>
> I'm downloading the latest Zen 7 ISO's right now in case I've missed
> aclient update. I'm not sure how to tell the Workstation Manager'sversion
> number, but the NAL is 7.0.1.4.
>
> I don't really know what to look at from a server perspective.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can further troubleshoot?--
>
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