AdminStudio 9.5 System Requirements Before installing the AdminStudio ZENworks Edition, review the following hardware and software requirements: • Hardware and Software Requirements • ZENworks Edition Requirement: Connection to a ZENworks Server Hardware and Software Requirements The recommended system configuration for a machine running AdminStudio ZENworks Edition is: Table 1-1 •...
Chapter 1: AdminStudio 9.5 System Requirements ZENworks Edition Requirement: Connection to a ZENworks Server ZENworks Edition Requirement: Connection to a ZENworks Server To use AdminStudio ZENworks Edition, you must be able to connect to a ZENworks server. The first time you launch one of the AdminStudio tools, you will be prompted to enter the login credentials to a ZENworks server.
Installing AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition To install AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition, perform the following steps. Task: To install AdminStudio ZENworks Edition: Launch the AdminStudio ZENworks Edition installation program. The InstallShield Wizard opens. AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition Installation Guide ADS-0950-IGZ0...
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Chapter 2: Installing AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition Click Next. The Location to Save Files panel opens. Select a folder where you would like the installation files saved, or accept the default location, and click Next. The Extracting Files panel opens. ADS-0950-IGZ0 AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition Installation Guide...
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Chapter 2: Installing AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition When extraction is complete, the Welcome panel opens. Click Next. The License Agreement panel opens. AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition Installation Guide ADS-0950-IGZ0...
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Chapter 2: Installing AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition Select the I accept the terms in the license agreement option and click Next. The Customer Information panel opens. Enter a User Name and Organization name to identify this installation of AdminStudio, and click Next to continue.
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Chapter 2: Installing AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition If you want to install AdminStudio in the specified directory, click Next. If you want to select a different directory, click Change, select a new directory, and then click Next. The AdminStudio Shared Location panel opens.
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Chapter 2: Installing AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition When installation is complete, click Finish to exit the installer, and proceed with one of the following: • Activating AdminStudio ZENworks Edition • Evaluating AdminStudio Enterprise Edition Client Tools ADS-0950-IGZ0 AdminStudio 9.5 ZENworks Edition Installation Guide...
Activating Your Product AdminStudio product activation requires you to enter a valid serial number for one of the Editions of AdminStudio. This chapter includes the following topics to assist you with activating your product: • About Activation • Activating AdminStudio ZENworks Edition •...
Chapter 3: Activating Your Product About Activation About Activation AdminStudio product activation requires you to enter a valid serial number for one of the Editions of AdminStudio. When you launch AdminStudio or one of its tools for the first time, a dialog box opens, informing you that you are in trial mode, and prompting you to choose to either activate or evaluate the product.
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Select Activate or Purchase AdminStudio and click Next. The AdminStudio Product Activation dialog box opens, and you are prompted to Enter Your Serial Number. Enter the serial number that you received from Novell and click Activate. First, a message appears stating that the serial number is being validated, and then the message appears.
Chapter 3: Activating Your Product Activation Troubleshooting Activation Troubleshooting AdminStudio is protected by Flexera Software’s own licensing technology in order to ensure the acceptable use of our products on a single and unique machine. In order to install the full version of AdminStudio, it must first be activated through communication with a Flexera Software-hosted activation server.
Chapter 3: Activating Your Product Activation Troubleshooting Virtual Environments Some known issues with activation relate to virtual environments (VMware, VirtualPC, etc.) and running system restore utilities. It is recommend that AdminStudio be installed on stable systems that are not run in virtual environments and that are not re-imaged frequently.
Chapter 3: Activating Your Product Activation Troubleshooting Proceed to the Offline Activation dialog box, which has Response text box. Copy the response text that is in the email message from AdminStudio Support to your clipboard. The response text starts with , and it ends with .
Chapter 3: Activating Your Product Activation Troubleshooting Reactivating AdminStudio on a Different Computer AdminStudio uses a security technology known as the Activation Service. With this licensing software, the user of the installed product is required to “activate” via communication with a Flexera Software-hosted server. This process enables the product to work on a single, unique computer at a time, while disallowing simultaneous installation on other unauthorized systems.
Evaluating AdminStudio You can choose to evaluate AdminStudio for 60 days. By clicking Continue to Evaluate AdminStudio on the dialog box that opens when you launch AdminStudio, you can begin evaluating the AdminStudio 9.5 Enterprise Edition client tools. To evaluate the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Web tools, you need to contact AdminStudio Sales and obtain an evaluation serial number.
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Chapter 4: Evaluating AdminStudio Evaluating AdminStudio Enterprise Edition Client Tools If you have five or fewer days left in your trial period, the dialog box remains open, requiring you to click before you can proceed. Do one of the following: If your trial period is not over, you can continue to use AdminStudio by selecting the Continue to Evaluate AdminStudio option and clicking Next.
Chapter 4: Evaluating AdminStudio Evaluating the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Web Tools Evaluating the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Web Tools If you want to evaluate the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Web tools (Job Manager, Report Center, Security Console), you need to obtain an Enterprise Edition Serial Number from an AdminStudio Sales Representative. Task: To evaluate the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Web tools: Follow the steps in...
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Chapter 4: Evaluating AdminStudio Evaluating the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Web Tools Select the I have an Adminstudio Enterprise Server evaluation serial number option and click OK. The Evaluate Enterprise Edition dialog box opens. Enter the serial number and click OK. You will be prompted to install the AdminStudio Enterprise Server on the current machine.
Upgrading Your Product Edition An upgrade feature has been built-in to AdminStudio that allows you to activate features in a higher Edition without re-installing the application. You just need to enter a Serial Number for the upgrade that you purchased, and the features of that Edition are immediately unlocked and are available to you.
Index activation email activation about evaluating offline AdminStudio silent AdminStudio Enterprise Server troubleshooting AdminStudio’s Microsoft App-V support using Windows Installer properties batch convert option via email AdminStudio about activation activation installing AdminStudio Shared directory AdminStudio client tools installation reactivating AdminStudio on a different computer evaluating AdminStudio Enterprise Server Web tools evaluating Enterprise Edition client tools how to evaluate...
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