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10.2.2 Support for New Platforms as Managed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
10.2.3 Mirroring Red Hat Updates from the NU Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
10.3 What's New in ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management with Interim Release 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
10.3.1 Support for New Platforms as Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
10.3.2 Support for New Platforms as Managed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
11 Upgrading to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management
11.1 Upgrading the ZENworks Servers and the Managed Devices to ZENworks 7.3 Linux
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
11.1.1 Performing an In-Place Upgrade on the ZENworks Primary Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
11.1.2 Performing an In-Place Upgrade on a ZENworks Secondary Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
11.1.3 Upgrading Managed Devices Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
11.1.4 Upgrading Managed Devices by Using Upgrade Bundles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
11.2 Increasing the Security Level After Upgrading a ZENworks Server from ZENworks 7 Linux
Management with IR1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
11.3 Changes to Bundle Schedules in ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
11.4 Upgrade Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
11.5 Upgrading from ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1 or ZENworks 7 Linux Management -
Dell Edition to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
11.5.1 Upgrading the Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
11.5.2 Upgrading the Managed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
11.6 Upgrading from ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1 or ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management
with IR1 - Dell Edition to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
11.6.1 Upgrading the Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
11.6.2 Upgrading the Managed Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
11.7 Upgrading from ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2 or ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management
with IR2 - Dell Edition to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
11.7.1 Upgrading the Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
11.7.2 Upgrading the Managed Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
12 Upgrading to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management with IR1
12.1 Upgrading from ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management or ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management - Dell
Edition to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management with IR1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
12.1.1 Upgrading the Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
12.1.2 Upgrading the Managed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
12.2 Upgrade Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
13 Upgrading to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management with IR2
13.1 Upgrading from ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management or ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management - Dell
Edition to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management with IR2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
13.1.1 Upgrading the Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
13.1.2 Upgrading the Managed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
13.2 Upgrade Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Part VI Appendixes
A Additional Installation Information
A.1 Installation Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
A.2 Automating Installation of the ZENworks Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
A.3 Installing ZENworks Linux Management on a SLES 9 Server with a Minimal Installation . . . 123
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