Gathering Installation Information; Preinstallation Tasks; Verifying That The Minimum Requirements Have Been Met - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - INSTALLATION 10.3 Installation Manual

3.2 Gathering Installation Information

During installation of ZENworks 10 Configuration Management, you need to know the following
information:
Installation method to use (GUI, command line, or unattended)
Installation path (for Windows only)
Management Zone (zone name, username, password, and port)
Database choice (embedded Sybase SQL, remote OEM Sybase SQL, external Sybase SQL,
external Microsoft SQL, or Oracle 10g Standard database)
For more information, see
Database information (server name, port, database name, username, password, named instance,
domain, and whether you are using Windows or SQL Server authentication)
For Oracle and MS SQL, ensure that the database username adheres to the following
conventions:
The name must begin with an alphabetic character.
The following characters cannot be used: - (hyphen) or . (period). Additionally, @ cannot
be used in username for Oracle.
Certificate Authority information (internal, or signed certificate, private key, and public
certificate) in DER format
License keys (60-day trial options are available)
For more information on these items, see
To start a ZENworks installation, continue with

3.3 Preinstallation Tasks

Perform the following applicable tasks, then continue with
Installation," on page
Section 3.3.1, "Verifying That the Minimum Requirements Have Been Met," on page 34
Section 3.3.2, "Creating an Installation DVD from the ISO Download," on page 35
Section 3.3.3, "Creating an External Certificate Authority," on page 35
Section 3.3.4, "Installing an External ZENworks Database," on page 37
Section 3.3.5, "Installing Mono 2.0.1-1.17 on SLES 11," on page 46

3.3.1 Verifying That the Minimum Requirements Have Been Met

Before you begin the ZENworks installation, ensure that the following requirements are met:
Ensure that the device where you want to install the Primary Server software fulfills the
necessary requirements. For more information, see
page 9.
Ensure that all the required ports are open. If you plan to install ZENworks 10 Configuration
Management SP3 on SLES 11, you must manually open the ports.
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Section 3.3, "Preinstallation Tasks," on page
Table 4-1, "Installation Information," on page
47:
Section 3.3, "Preinstallation Tasks," on page
Section 4.1, "Performing the
Chapter 1, "System Requirements," on
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