Setting Up Managed Devices; Installing Zenworks Linux Management On Sles 10 Ia 64 - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 07-20-2009 Installation Manual

Setting Up Managed Devices

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Before a workstation or server can be managed by ZENworks Linux Management, it must have the
ZENworks Agent installed and be registered in the Management Zone.
On a SLES 10 IA 64 platform, before installing or upgrading to ZENworks 7.3 IR2 Linux
Management from the earlier versions of ZENworks Linux Management, make sure to change the
security level preference from Signature to None. You can change the preference by using the
command. For more information, see
Administration Guide. For more information on how to set the security-level preference by using
ZENworks Control Center, see
Settings"in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration
NOTE: Installing the ZENworks Linux Management agent removes the previously added YaST
installation sources from the device. You can add these installation sources again after the agent
installation is complete by using either YaST or the
automatically synchronized with ZENworks in YaST if the Synchronize Changes with ZENworks
option is selected in the Installation Source pane.
The following sections provide setup instructions:
Section 7.1, "Installing ZENworks Linux Management on SLES 10 IA 64," on page 53
Section 7.2, "Installing the ZENworks Agent and Registering the Device," on page 54
Section 7.3, "Setting Up the Open Enterprise Server 1 after Installing ZENworks Linux
Management," on page 61
Section 7.4, "Enabling Dell PowerEdge Support," on page 63
For more information about creating a ZENworks Agent ISO image or media and automating
installation of the ZENworks Agent, see
7.1 Installing ZENworks Linux Management on
SLES 10 IA 64
1 Back up the
/bin/rpm
2 Change the security level preference to None by using the
command.
For more information, see
Administration Guide.
3 Open any text editor and create an install script
information:
if [ ! -f /bin/rpm.orig/rpm ];then
mkdir -p /bin/rpm.orig
mv /bin/rpm /bin/rpm.orig
fi
echo "/bin/rpm.orig/rpm --nosignature \$*" > /bin/rpm
chmod +x /bin/rpm
"rug (1)" in the
"Configuring the ZENworks Management Daemon (zmd)
rug
Appendix VI, "Appendixes," on page
file by using the
cp /bin/rpm /bin/rpm.bak
"rug (1)" in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management
Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management
Guide.
command. The installation sources are
command.
rug set security-level none
with the following
ia64_73_Install.sh
Setting Up Managed Devices
rug
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