Overview - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ZENWORKS APPLIANCE DEPLOYMENT AND ADMINISTRATION REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 Deployment Manual

Overview

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ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 is available as a software appliance that can be
deployed to a supported virtual infrastructure. ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3
Appliance (ZENworks Appliance) is built on the customized SUSE
SP2 (SLES 10 SP2), and is preinstalled with the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3
Server and ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 ZENworks Reporting Server.
ZENworks Appliance provides a customized version of SLES 10 SP2 that has only the features and
capabilities required to deploy and manage ZENworks Appliance. Following are some of the
features that have been customized for ZENworks Appliance:
The Software Management and SLES update options have been removed from YaST
The ZENworks System Update feature has been enhanced to allow you to update ZENworks
Appliance.
For more information on System Updates, see
the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System Administration
With ZENworks Appliance, you can have the following benefits:
Quickly and simply deploy the ZENworks Server and ZENworks Reporting Server to a
Management Zone without going through the regular installation process. You can do this
because ZENworks Appliance is a virtual image packaged together with the customized SLES
10 SP2, ZENworks Server, and ZENworks Reporting Server.
For more information on ZENworks 10 Configuration Management, see the
Configuration Management Administration Quick
For more information on ZENworks Reporting, see the
Management System Reporting
Run ZENworks in a virtualized and isolated environment.
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