Application And Policy Migration; Novell Edirectory; Repurpose Hardware Used By Previous Zenworks Products - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

Using standard file and print delivery mechanisms restricts content deliver to devices inside the
firewall.
With the ZENworks Content Repository, devices download content though HTTP. This allows
content to be made available to external users via a Primary Server location in the DMZ.

6.2.2 Application and Policy Migration

ZENworks Configuration Management ships with a migration utility designed to migrate
applications, policies, and associations from a ZENworks Desktop Management system to
ZENworks Configuration Management. When applications are migrated to ZENworks
Configuration Management by using this tool, the data for the applications is automatically placed
in the Content Repository. If a customer wants to use existing application repositories, the migration
tool should not be used for their applications.
For more information on the migration tool, see the
ZENworks Migration

6.2.3 Novell eDirectory

If your organization's preferred server and directory platforms are Windows Server and Active
Directory, and you're currently using ZENworks middle tier architecture and Identity Manager
directory sync, ZENworks Configuration Management makes it possible to eliminate both of these
stepping-stone technologies and interact directly with Active Directory for user authentication and
content association. This can be performed as simply as configuring the ZENworks Configuration
Management Zone to point directly at Active Directory as a user source.
6.2.4 Repurpose Hardware Used by Previous Zenworks
Products
Customers commonly want to reuse hardware when possible. If a customer is migrating from
previous ZENworks technologies such as ZENworks Patch Management, ZENworks Asset
Management, eDirectory, and ZENworks Desktop Management, the hardware utilized for this
functionality can be re-purposed.
In some instances, it might be beneficial to reuse the hardware to provide the additional ZENworks
Primary Servers and ZENworks Satellite devices that are required by the migration project. Planning
the reprovisioning of hardware is an important step in a migration project and can help reduce the
architecture costs for the ZENworks Configuration Management deployment.
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