Upgrading The Zenworks Servers And The Managed Devices To Zenworks 7.3 Linux Management - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 07-20-2009 Installation Manual

The following sections provide more information:
Section 11.1, "Upgrading the ZENworks Servers and the Managed Devices to ZENworks 7.3
Linux Management," on page 82
Section 11.2, "Increasing the Security Level After Upgrading a ZENworks Server from
ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1," on page 89
Section 11.3, "Changes to Bundle Schedules in ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management," on
page 90
Section 11.4, "Upgrade Options," on page 90
Section 11.5, "Upgrading from ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1 or ZENworks 7
Linux Management - Dell Edition to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management," on page 91
Section 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," on page 95
Section 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," on page 96
11.1 Upgrading the ZENworks Servers and the
Managed Devices to ZENworks 7.3 Linux
Management
You can upgrade the ZENworks Linux Management Server to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management
by performing an in-place upgrade over the previous version.
Before performing any type of upgrade, do the following:
Take a reliable backup of your object and data stores, and eDirectory. For more information,
see "ZENworks Object Store and Data Store
Management Administration
Ensure that eDirectory is listening on port 10389.
Take an image of the ZENworks servers.
Ensure that the ZENworks Linux Management server and the server on which the Oracle or the
PostgreSQL database is running are in time sync.
Remove Openldap2 server package from the ZENworks Server, if it is installed on platforms
other than RHEL 4.
1. To verify whether Openldap 2 has been installed, execute
the server console prompt. This displays the installed package version.
2. To remove Openldap 2, execute
To view the log information of the upgrade process in the
value of the zmd preference log-level to debug in the ZENworks Control Center. For more
information on how to set the zmd preference, see
Daemon (zmd)
Guide.
Performing an in-place upgrade lets you upgrade from a previous ZENworks Linux Management
release to ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management using the same ZENworks Primary Server. For
example, suppose your Primary Server on your ZENworks 7 Linux Management IR1 system is
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Guide.
rpm -e openldap2
Settings" in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration
Maintenance" in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux
rpm -qa |grep openldap2
.
zmd-messages.log
"Configuring the ZENworks Management
at
file, set the