Preparation; Understanding What The Zenworks Installation Does - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - INSTALLATION 10.3 Installation Manual

Preparation

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The following sections provide information to prepare you for the installation of a ZENworks 10
Configuration Management system:
Section 3.1, "Understanding What the ZENworks Installation Does," on page 33
Section 3.2, "Gathering Installation Information," on page 34
Section 3.3, "Preinstallation Tasks," on page 34
3.1 Understanding What the ZENworks
Installation Does
The first time you install ZENworks 10 Configuration Management, you establish the Management
Zone with a Primary Server, which is the first server you install to. Other Primary Servers can then
be installed into that Management Zone.
The ZENworks installation program does the following during installation of your first Primary
Server:
Creates the Management Zone
Creates a password that you supply for the default ZENworks Administrator account
Establishes and populates the ZENworks database
The ZENworks installation does the following during installation of any Primary Server:
Installs the ZENworks Adaptive Agent (Windows servers only) so that it can be managed
Installs ZENworks Control Center (ZCC)
Installs the zman command line utility
Installs and starts the ZENworks services
The Adaptive Agent is installed on managed devices from files on the Primary Server. For more
information, see "ZENworks Adaptive Agent
Management Administration Quick
You have three installation methods:
Graphical User Interface: A graphical user interface (GUI) installation program that works
with both Windows and Linux servers is provided on the installation CD. For Linux servers,
GUI capability must already be installed.
Command Line: A command line installation is available, but only for Linux servers. The
Windows and Linux installation executables can both be run from a command line for purposes
of using installation arguments, but for Windows it only starts the GUI installation program.
Unattended: You can use either installation method to create a response file for an unattended
installation of ZENworks to other servers.
To learn what you need to know before installing ZENworks, continue with
Installation Information," on page
Deployment" in the
Start.
34.
ZENworks 10 Configuration
Section 3.2, "Gathering
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