Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual page 83

Image objects and image files.
Policy objects and applicable policy files (for example, Group Policy files).
Imported workstation objects.
All associations for application objects and policy packages.
The Migration Wizard can be found at the following locations:
%zenworks_home%\install\downloads\tools
https://servername-zenworks-setup/zenworks-setup/?pageId=tools
It is important to note that if you are migrating from an eDirectory
to an Active Directory environment, you should take advantage of the migration capabilities built
into the Migration Wizard for migrating associations. This allows you to migrate your existing
eDirectory associations to Active Directory users, groups, and folders.
In addition, if you are migrating workstation objects, the wizard allows you to avoid the need for
discovery of devices. After you have migrated your workstation objects into the ZENworks
Configuration Management Zone, you can target them directly from there. In fact, we recommend
that all existing ZENworks customers migrate their workstation objects even if they are associating
applications and policies only to users in the user source. If workstations are not migrated, and you
deploy the ZENworks Adaptive Agent to the existing ZENworks workstations, all applications and
policies within ZENworks Configuration Management redeploy.
For more information about the Migration Wizard, see the
Management ZENworks Migration
Some additional best practice recommendations for using the Migration Wizard include:
If you migrate traditional ZENworks application objects as MSI files through the Migration
Utility running on a Windows Vista device, the performance might degrade. For improved
performance, run the Migration Utility on a Windows XP SP2 device.
While migrating applications that require the content to be uploaded to the content server, the
migration might fail. Ensure that the port specified in the File Upload Http Port option while
logging in to the migration destination zone matches the port configured while installing the
ZENworks Configuration Management Server.
While migrating large applications that should be uploaded to the content server, the
connection to the server might be lost, resulting in failure of the migration. Ensure that the Get
response timeout option in the Web Client Configuration is set to None in order to establish a
persistent connection with the server.
While migrating applications, deselect the Upload to content server option if you do not want
to upload the applications to the content server. Deselecting the option migrates the MSI
applications as Install Network MSI, which installs the MSI from a network path. By default,
the Upload to content server option is enabled.
If you use the Snapshot Manager in traditional ZENworks to create complex application
objects with multiple changes such as Registry, INI, and File Copy, you should migrate the
applications as MSI by disabling the Migrate distribution options as individual actions option.
If you use the Snapshot Manager in traditional ZENworks to create application objects with
single changes such as Registry, INI, or File Copy, or if the application object must be edited
later, you should migrate the application as actions by enabling the Migrate distribution options
as individual actions option.
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