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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents About This Guide Part I Overview 1 About ZENworks Linux Management Management Capabilities........... . . 15 1.1.1 Software Package Management .
Page 6 10.1.11 Reporting ............79 10.1.12 Integration with the Novell Customer Center ....... 79 10.2...
Page 7: Upgrading The Servers From Zenworks 7 Linux Management With Ir1 Or Zenworks
10.4.1 ZENworks Linux Management Server Support for SLES 10 SP2 ....80 10.4.2 Support for New Platforms As Managed Devices ......81 10.4.3 Java-based Image Explorer .
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Page 9 C.8.1 System Requirements ..........132 C.8.2 Installation .
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Page 11: About This Guide
Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Troubleshooting Guide Documentation Conventions In Novell documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and items in a cross-reference path. ® A trademark symbol ( , etc.) denotes a Novell trademark.
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Page 13: Part I Overview
Overview ® ® Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management provides comprehensive management of Linux servers and workstations, collectively referred to as devices. Using ZENworks Linux Management, you can: Manage Dell PowerEdge servers using ZENworks Linux Management capabilities combined with the Dell OpenManage* toolkit capabilities.
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Page 15: About Zenworks Linux Management
Updater client on the device; the user must initiate installation of any of the bundles in the catalog. 1.1.2 Policy-Based Device Management ZENworks Linux Management provides a number of policies to help you manage the Novell Linux Desktop, Evolution e-mail client, Epiphany Web browser, and several other software applications.
Page 16: Automated Install And Imaging
PowerEdge servers in your ZENworks system. It is easy for you to determine if an updated Dell Update Package is available for PowerEdge servers in your system and deliver the update. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 17: System Architecture
ZENworks Object Store: The Object Store is the information repository for devices, groups, policies, bundles, and other ZENworks objects defined within the system. The Object Store, which is version 8.7.3 of Novell eDirectory , is set up and configured during installation. The information in the Object Store is managed through the ZENworks Control Center.
Page 18: System Administration
Dell FTP, YaST Online Updates, Red Hat ® Network, Red Carpet Enterprise , ZENworks 6.x Linux Management, or Novell Updates. For more information, see “Mirroring Software” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide.
Page 19: Zenworks Terms
(or removed) the next time the Secondary Server’s packages were updated from the Primary Server. If you use Novell iManager to administer other Novell products in your network environment, you can enable the ZENworks Control Center to be launched from iManager. For details, see “ZENworks Control...
Page 20 The Object Store is the information repository for devices, groups, policies, bundles, and other ZENworks objects defined within the system. The Object Store, which is version 8.7.3 of Novell eDirectory, is set up and configured during installation. The information in the Object Store is managed through Object Store the ZENworks Control Center.
Page 21 Term Description ZENworks Secondary Each ZENworks Management Zone has one ZENworks Primary Server. All Server other ZENworks Servers installed in the zone are called ZENworks Secondary Servers. A Secondary Server has the ZENworks services, the Object Store, and the Secondary Server software packages.
Page 22 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 23: Part Ii Preparation
Preparation ® ® The following section will help you to prepare for installing Novell ZENworks Linux Management software in your network: Chapter 2, “System Requirements,” on page 25 Preparation...
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Page 25: System Requirements
System Requirements ® ® The following sections provide the Novell ZENworks Linux Management requirements for hardware and software: Section 2.1, “ZENworks Server Requirements,” on page 25 Section 2.2, “Database Requirements,” on page 26 Section 2.3, “Managed Device Requirements,” on page 26 Section 2.4, “Administration Workstation Requirements,”...
Page 26: Database Requirements
(if you are using the default PostgreSQL database, port 5432). 2.3 Managed Device Requirements ZENworks can manage any workstations and servers that meet the requirements listed in the following table: Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 27 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED 10) on the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86_64) architectures (Intel EMT64 and AMD Opteron processors). Novell Linux Desktop 9, SP3 on the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86_64) architectures (Intel EMT64 and AMD Opteron processors).
Page 28 SLES 10 SP1 SLED 10 SP1 RHEL5 on the 32-bit (x86) architecture Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 on the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86_64) architectures Additionally, the following operating systems are supported in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1a (IR1a):...
Page 29: Administration Workstation Requirements
Item Requirement Hardware The following are minimum hardware requirements. Use these requirements or the hardware requirements provided with your operating system, whichever is greater. For example, NLD recommends Pentium III or higher, so use those requirements rather than the ones listed below. Processor: Pentium II 266 MHZ, 64-bit AMD Opteron, or 64-bit Intel Xeon RAM: 128 MB minimum;...
Page 30 For information about installing the browser plug-ins on Internet Explorer, visit Java.com (http://www.java.com). Hardware Processor: Pentium III, 64-bit AMD Opteron, or 64-bit Intel Xeon EMT RAM: 512 MB minimum Disk space: 500 MB minimum Display resolution: 1024 x 768 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 31: Part Iii Installation
Chapter 3, “Preparing the Database for the ZENworks Data Store,” on page 2. If desired, verify the signatures on the RPM packages. All packages are signed by Novell. You can verify the package signatures to ensure that the packages have not been tampered with. See Chapter 4, “Verifying the RPM Package Signatures,”...
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Page 33: Preparing The Database For The Zenworks Data Store
After you create the database instance for an existing PostgreSQL database, you need to perform some configuration tasks. For more information, see TID 10099586 in the Novell Support Knowledgebase (http://support.novell.com/search/kb_index.jsp). If you create a new PostgreSQL Preparing the Database for the ZENworks Data Store...
Page 34: Installing The Oracle Database Client
“ The Oracle jdbc driver is not installed. An RPM (oracle-instantclient-jdbc) that contains the Oracle jdbc driver can be .” downloaded from oracle.com. The install cannot continue Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 35: Configuring Oracle 10G Release 2 As A Remote Database Server
Section 3.3.2, “Configuring Oracle 10g R2 as a Remote Database Server on Windows,” on page 35 3.3.1 Configuring Oracle 10g R2 as a Remote Database Server on Linux 1 On the ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management server, go to /opt/novell/zenworks/share/ open the file, and follow the instructions in datamodel, linux-createdb-oracle-10g.sql the file to configure the server.
Page 36: Database
Oracle 9i R2 database: imp zenadmin/novell@ORCL FILE=NOVELL-ZENWORKS-ORA9ZLM72.DMP LOG=NOVELL- ZENWORKS-ORA10ZLM72.LOG IGNORE=Y FROMUSER=ZENADMIN TOUSER=ZENADMIN where ORCL is the default Oracle system identifier, and novell is the default password for the zenadmin user. IMPORTANT: Before running the import utility, take a reliable backup of the /opt/oracle/ directory on the destination database.
Page 37: Gathering The Database Information
8b Set the connection username to the Oracle database username that is used to connect to the ZENworks database. The default username is zenadmin. 8c Set the connection password. The default password for the zenadmin user is novell. 8d Add the following line to allow the Oracle 10g JDBC client to support data greater than 32 KB for CLOB datatypes: <property name="connection.SetBigStringTryClob">true</property>...
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Page 39: Verifying The Rpm Package Signatures
7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1a, and Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 2 CDs are signed by Novell. To ensure that the RPM packages have not been tampered with, you can verify the RPM package signatures.
Page 40 Rather than verifying packages individually, you can use the following script to verify all of the RPM packages on the media: for i in ’find mount_point/data/packages -name *.rpm’ ; do rpm -K $i ; done Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 41: Installing The Zenworks Primary Server
Creates the ZENworks Management Zone. You are prompted for a unique name for the zone. This name must be different from any other Management Zone names in your environment. If you are using Novell eDirectory in your environment, the Management Zone name must also be different from any eDirectory tree names.
Page 42 Use the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Server CD to install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management. Use the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1 Server CD to install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1. Use the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 2 Server CD to install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2.
Page 43 ZENworks Management Zone in your network environment. If you use Novell eDirectory, it cannot be the same name as your eDirectory tree name. Enter an Administrator password: Enter the password you want assigned to the default ZENworks Administrator account.
Page 44 Novell ZENworks Management Daemon novell-zmd Novell Imaging Agent novell-zislnx For example, if the Novell ZENworks Management Daemon is not running, use the following command to start it: /etc/init.d/novell-zmd start For additional information about the ZENworks services, see “ZENworks Services” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration...
Page 45: Supplying Your Product License Code
ZENworks Primary Server. 12 After successfully installing the ZENworks Server components, take a reliable backup of the following files: /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/hibernate.cfg.xml /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/tomcat/base/server.xml /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/serversecret 13 (Conditional) Ensure that the ZENworks Linux Management server and the server on which the Oracle or the PostgreSQL database is running are in time sync.
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Page 47: Installing A Zenworks Secondary Server
Management Zone are located on the same LAN or have fast WAN links. To facilitate consistency between different Management Zones, you can mirror the software packages between Primary Servers in the different zones (see “Mirroring Software” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide). Installing a ZENworks Secondary Server...
Page 48: Installing The Zenworks Server Software As Secondary Server
) from 80 to 81. Make sure the Apache service is shut down and then apache2/ listen.conf run zlm-config. 6 Make sure the Secondary Server's system clock is synchronized with the Primary Server's system clock. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 49 Use the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Server CD to install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management. Use the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1 Server CD to install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1. Use the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 2 Server CD to install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2.
Page 50 Novell ZENworks Server is running Novell ZENworks Loader is running Novell ZENworks Imaging Service is running Novell ZENworks Preboot Policy Daemon is running Novell ZENworks Server Management is running Novell ZENworks Management Daemon is running If a service is not running, use the following command to start it: /etc/init.d/servicename start...
Page 51: Defining A Content Replication Schedule
For example, if the Novell ZENworks Management Daemon is not running, use the following command to start it: /etc/init.d/novell-zmd start For additional information about the ZENworks services, see “ZENworks Services” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. 13b Access the ZENworks Control Center using the following URL:...
Page 52 Select the day of the month on which to replicate content to secondary servers and set other restrictions that might apply. 5 Click OK. 6 To set up devices to be managed, continue with the next section, Setting Up Managed Devices. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 53: Setting Up Managed Devices
2 Change the security level preference to None by using the rug set security-level none command. For more information, see “rug (1)” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. 3 Open any text editor and create an install script with the following ia64_72IR2_Install.sh information: if [ ! -f /bin/rpm.orig/rpm ];then...
Page 54: Installing The Zenworks Agent And Registering The Device
2 At the Linux device, mount the media you are using for the install:. Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management Agent CD Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Agent CD Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1 Agent CD ZENworks Agent CD ISO image The ISO image of ZENworks 7.2 Linux Managementwith IR1a is available at the...
Page 55 If you are using an ISO image rather than a physical media, copy the ISO to a temporary folder on the Linux device, then mount the image using the following command: mount -o loop /tempfolderpath/isoimagename.iso mountpoint Replace tempfolderpath with the path to the temporary folder and replace mountpoint with the path to the file system location you want to mount the image.
Page 56 Replace ZENworks_Primary_Server_Address with the IP address or DNS name of the Primary Server. After you are in the Control Center, you can click the Devices tab, then click the Servers folder or Workstation folder to view the device. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 57: Setting Up The Open Enterprise Server 1 After Installing Zenworks Linux Management
7.3 Setting Up the Open Enterprise Server 1 after Installing ZENworks Linux Management If you want to configure any other Novell products on the Novell Open Enterprise Server 1/SP1/SP2 after installing the ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Agent, you must first remove the entries for...
Page 58 13b Click New, then click Change to display the Add New Change to File dialog box. 13c Configure the following options: Change Name: Specify as the change name. Change Mode: Select Search file from the drop-down list. Search String: Specify as the search string. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 59: Enabling Dell Poweredge Support
(http://www.novell.com/support/supportcentral/supportcentral.do?id=m1). 7.4 Enabling Dell PowerEdge Support Novell ZENworks Linux Management provides advanced features to deploy and manage Dell PowerEdge servers. Before you can use these features, you must install a newer release of the OpenIPMI driver than that included in the currently supported Linux distributions.
Page 60 -m openipmi -v 36.8.SLES9 5 Using the ZENworks Control Center, create a bundle that has the DKMS, the OpenIPMI driver, and the novell-zenworks-zmd-oem package from the Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management media. You can find the individual packages in the following locations:...
Page 61 Management Administration Guide. 6 Use ZENworks Linux Management to deploy the bundle containing DKMS, OpenIPMI driver, and the novell-zenworks-zmd-oem package to your Dell PowerEdge servers where you have installed the ZENworks Agent. For more information, see “Creating RPM Bundles” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration...
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Page 63: What's Next
ZENworks administration concepts and tasks. “Understanding ZENworks Linux Management” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide introduces these concepts and tasks while helping you understand the ZENworks approach to successfully managing workstations and servers.
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Page 65: Part Iv Security
Security The information in this section includes the following: Chapter 9, “Understanding the Security of ZENworks Linux Management System,” on page 67 Security...
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Page 67: Understanding The Security Of Zenworks Linux Management System
System The following sections provide information you should be aware of as you consider the security of ® ® your Novell ZENworks Linux Management system: Section 9.1, “Clear Text Passwords,” on page 67 Section 9.2, “Self-Signed Certificates,” on page 67 Section 9.3, “ZENworks Agent,”...
Page 68: Database Connections
Triggering device refresh actions from the ZENworks Server Deploying bundles and immediate install schedules Sending agent registration requests to the ZENworks Server Checking the health status of the ZENworks Agent 5950 Remote Control and Remote View 5951 Remote Login Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 69: Server Listening Ports
ZENworks Agent during refresh. Redirecting HTTP requests to the ZENworks Server. Redirecting HTTP requests in ZENworks Control Center to port 443 by default. Imaging by the novell-pbserv service. 1229 Communicating UDP packets to the SOAP server. Communication between the primary server and secondary server for content replication actions.
Page 70: Denial-Of-Service Attacks
The ZENworks Linux Management software, on both ZENworks Servers and managed devices, considers the user to be a trusted user. No attempt is made to secure the ZENworks software root or credentials used by the software from the user. root Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 71: Part V Upgrade
Upgrade ® ® This section includes information about new enhancements in Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management and information about how to upgrade from earlier versions of ZENworks Linux Management to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management and ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1/IR1a/IR2.
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Page 73: What's New In Zenworks Linux Management
Section 10.4, “What’s New in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 2,” on page 80 10.1 What’s New in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management The following sections describe the new features and enhancements in Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management: Section 10.1.1, “ZENworks Linux Management Server Support for SLES 10 Devices,” on page 73 Section 10.1.2, “Support for SLES 10 and SLED 10 As Managed Devices,”...
Page 74: Support For Sles 10 And Sled 10 As Managed Devices
(including BIOS, DRAC, RAID, BMC, and FRMW configurations) on Dell PowerEdge servers. For more information, see “Using Dell Update Package Bundles” in the .Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 75: Support For Dell Configuration Bundles
“Creating File Bundles” in the .Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide Best Package Support: SLES 10 and SLED 10 users have the option of choosing the best package to install on their devices. This feature helps solve the incompatibility issues related to some key packages in the latest versions of SLES 10 and SLED 10, such as Kernel Modules, ATI, and XGL enabling.
Page 76: Mirroring
Dell PowerEdge devices using package management. SLES 10 and SLED 10 repository: ZENworks Linux Management mirroring can be used to mirror SLES 10 and SLED 10 updates from http://update.novell.com and distribute them to all managed devices using package management. For more information, see “Mirroring...
Page 77: Zenworks Control Center
/path/to/local/package.rpm For more information, see “rug (1)” in the .Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. 10.1.10 ZENworks Control Center ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management provides the following enhancements to the ZENworks Control Center (ZCC): Bundle Details: ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management lets you view a device’s assigned bundles and packages.
Page 78 (assuming that the system set exists in the repository for the device's model). For more information, see “Determining If Newer Dell Package Updates Are Available for PowerEdge Servers” in the .Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 79: Reporting
10.2 What’s New in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1 The following sections describe the new features and enhancements in Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1 (IR1): Section 10.2.1, “ZENworks Linux Management Server Support for SLES 10 SP1,” on page 79 Section 10.2.2, “Support for New Platforms As Managed Devices,”...
Page 80: Support For The Nu Type In Zlmmirror
10.3 What’s New in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1a The following section describes the new feature in Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1a (IR1a): Section 10.3.1, “Support for New Platforms As Managed Devices,” on page 80 10.3.1 Support for New Platforms As Managed Devices...
Page 81: Support For New Platforms As Managed Devices
For more information, see “zmd (8)” in Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. 10.4.6 xzlmmirror Utility ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2 Hot Patch 2 provides a graphical user interface know as the xzlmmirror utility that lets you create or edit a mirror configuration file, and store the information in an XML file that is compatible with the existing zlmmirror utility.
Page 82 ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management IR2 Hot Patch 2. For more information, see Section 3.4, “Migrating the Data from an Oracle 9i R2 Database to an Oracle 10g R2 Database,” on page Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 83: Upgrading To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management
Before performing any type of upgrade, do the following: Take a reliable backup of your object and data stores, and eDirectory. For more information, “ZENworks Object Store and Data Store Maintenance” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. Ensure that eDirectory is listening on port 10389.
Page 84: Performing An In-Place Upgrade On The Zenworks Primary Server
Primary Server 1 Make sure the server meets the requirements. See Section 2.1, “ZENworks Server Requirements,” on page 2 At the Linux server, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Server CD by using command. mount device mountpoint For example,...
Page 85: Performing An In-Place Upgrade On A Zenworks Secondary Server
Server” on page 1 Make sure the server meets the requirements. See Section 2.1, “ZENworks Server Requirements,” on page 2 At the Linux server, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Server CD by using command. mount device mountpoint For example,...
Page 86: Upgrading Managed Devices Manually
11.1.3 Upgrading Managed Devices Manually 1 Make sure the managed device meets the requirements. See Section 2.3, “Managed Device Requirements,” on page 2 At the Linux managed device, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Agent CD by using the command. mount device mountpoint...
Page 87: Upgrading Managed Devices By Using Upgrade Bundles
4 When prompted to upgrade ZENworks Linux Management, enter to continue. 5 Review the Software License Agreement, pressing Page Down to scroll down the page, then enter to accept the agreement. The install program stops ZENworks services, subscribes to the upgrade channels, upgrades RPMs, upgrades zmd, runs upgrade scripts, and then restarts the ZENworks services.
Page 88 Managed Devices by Using an Upgrade Bundle” on page Upgrading Managed Devices Other Than SLES 10 and SLED 10 by Using an Upgrade Bundle 1 Click the Policies tab. 2 Click New, then click Policy to display the Policy Type page. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 89 3 Select Remote Execute Policy, then click Next to display the Policy Name page. 4 Specify a name for the policy, then click Next to display the Remote Execute Policy page. 5 From the Script to run drop-down list, choose Define your own script. 6 Paste the contents of the script file into the Script content box.
Page 90: Increasing The Security Level After Upgrading A Zenworks Server From Zenworks 7 Linux Management With Ir1
4 (Optional) If SLES 10 or SLED 10 are running on DELL server and the managed devices have the default zmd agent installed, do the following if you want to collect the Dell inventory of the devices: 4a In the Packages panel, select novell-zenworks-zmd-oem. 4b Click Action > Unset Freshen. 11.2 Increasing the Security Level After...
Page 91: Changes To Bundle Schedules In Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management
11.3 Changes to Bundle Schedules in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Because of the elimination of certain schedule types for bundles in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management, the deployment and installation schedules for bundles that existed in your ZENworks system prior to upgrading might behave differently. ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management supports the following schedule types for bundles: “Date Specific”...
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Page 93: Upgrading To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir1/Ir1A
Upgrading to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1/IR1a You can upgrade to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1/IR1a from the following previous versions: ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1: Your current system must have ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1 installed. ZENworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition: Your current ZENworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition system must have the latest patches installed.
Page 94: Upgrading The Zenworks 7 Linux Management With Ir1 Or Zenworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition Servers To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir1
The upgrade process upgrades the ZENworks Server and lets you create upgrade bundles for each supported platform. The individual upgrade bundles are then pushed to assigned devices to install the new ZENworks Agent on each device. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 95: Performing An In-Place Upgrade On The Zenworks Primary Server
2 Apply the TID 3160279. For more information about applying the TID, see Novell Support (http://www.novell.com/support). 3 At the Linux server, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1 CD by using the command. mount device mountpoint...
Page 96: Performing An In-Place Upgrade On A Zenworks Secondary Server
2 Apply the TID 3160279. For more information about applying the TID, see Novell Support (http://www.novell.com/support). 3 At the Linux server, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 1 CD by using the command. mount device mountpoint...
Page 97: Upgrading The Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management Servers To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management
/opt/ Step 7 on page novell/zenworks/bin/zlm-config --stop The upgrade program stops ZENworks services, subscribes to the upgrade channels, upgrades RPMs, upgrades zmd, and runs upgrade scripts.
Page 98: Upgrading The Managed Device To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir1/Ir1A
2 Click the folder that you created while performing an in-place upgrade on the ZENworks Primary Server (Step 11 on page 96) to hold the upgrade bundles. 3 Click the underlined name of the desired upgrade bundle to display its details. Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 99 4 Click the Details tab. 5 In the Scriptable Actions section at the bottom of the Details page, click New to display the New Scriptable Action dialog box. 6 In the Scriptable action drop-down list, select Pre-Installation. 7 In the Script to run drop-down list, select Define your own script. 8 Paste the contents of the script file into the Script content box.
Page 100 12 a.m. The Remote Execute policy is executed at the next scheduled refresh for the devices. Alternately, you can manually refresh the devices. 12 Click Next to display the Finish page, then click Finish. 100 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 101 3a In ZENworks Control Center, click the upgrade bundle. 3b Click the Details tab. 3c In the Packages panel, select the following packages: novell-zenworks-x11vnc-0.6.1-2 novell-zenworks-zmd-gconfpolicyenforcers-7.2.1-0 novell-zenworks-tightvnc-1.2.9-6, zen-updater-7.2.1-0.1 3d Click Action > Set Freshen. Upgrading to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1/IR1a 101...
Page 102: Manually Upgrading The Zenworks 7 Linux Management With Ir1 Or Zenworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition Managed Device To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir1/Ir1A
1 Make sure the managed device meets the requirements. See Section 2.3, “Managed Device Requirements,” on page 2 At the Linux managed device, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Agent with Interim Release 1 CD by using the command.
Page 103: Management With Ir1
12.4 Increasing the Security Level After Upgrading a ZENworks Server from ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1 If you upgrade a ZENworks Server from ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1 to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR1, the default PostgreSQL database security level requires authentication, but you can optionally increase the security level of the database.
Page 104 If you are installing ZENworks Linux Management rather than performing an upgrade from a previous version, installation options are available for use with the command. For zlm-install more information, see Section A.1, “Installation Options,” on page 117. 104 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 105: Upgrading To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir2
Upgrading to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2 You can upgrade to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2 from the following previous versions: ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1: Your current system must have ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1 installed. ZENworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition: Your current ZENworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition system must have the latest patches installed.
Page 106: Upgrading From Zenworks 7 Linux Management With Ir1 Or Zenworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir2
IR2,” on page 107 Section 13.1.2, “Upgrading the Managed Devices from ZENworks 7 Linux Management with IR1 or ZENworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2,” on page 109 106 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 107: Linux Management - Dell Edition To Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir2
Take a reliable backup of our object and data stores, and eDirectory. For more information, see “ZENworks Object Store and Data Store Maintenance” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management Administration Guide. Ensure that eDirectory is listening on port 10389.
Page 108 1 Make sure that the server is running, and meets the requirements. See Section 2.1, “ZENworks Server Requirements,” on page 2 At the Linux server, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with Interim Release 2 CD by using the command.
Page 109 /opt/ Step 6 on page 108. novell/zenworks/bin/zlm-config --stop The upgrade program stops ZENworks services, subscribes to the upgrade channels, upgrades RPMs, upgrades zmd, and runs upgrade scripts. After the upgrade is complete, the ZENworks services are restarted. this might take a few minutes.
Page 110: Ir2
1 Make sure the managed device meets the requirements. See Section 2.3, “Managed Device Requirements,” on page 2 At the Linux managed device, mount the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Agent with Interim Release 2 CD by using the command.
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-e openldap2 2 Install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Hot Patch 5. For more information on how to obtain and install the Hot Patch, contact Novell Support (http://www.novell.com/support). 3 Apply the TID 3859039. For more information about applying the TID, see Novell Support (http://www.novell.com/support).
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PostgreSQL database resides on a corporate LAN with firewall protection. If you want to increase the security level of the database, edit the file to add /var/lib/pgsql/pg_hba.conf the IP address and subnet mask for the ZENworks Primary Server and for all ZENworks Secondary 112 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 113: Changes To Bundle Schedules In Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management With Ir2
Servers as well as for the local host. An unedited file has a series of zeroes in place of the IP addresses and subnet masks; you replace the zeroes with the information for your primary and secondary ZENworks servers. If you upgrade from ZENworks 7 Linux Management - Dell* Edition, this process is not necessary. Consult your PostgreSQL documentation for more information.
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Appendixes ® ® The following sections are referenced from other sections in this Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide: Appendix A, “Additional Installation Information,” on page 117 Appendix B, “Hot Patches,” on page 123 Appendix C, “Documentation Updates,” on page 127...
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Page 117: A Additional Installation Information
Section A.5, “Installing a ZENworks Server on a Device Configured with DHCP,” on page 121 A.1 Installation Options When you installed Novell ZENworks Linux Management on a ZENworks Primary Server or on secondary ZENworks servers as described in Section 5, “Installing the ZENworks Primary Server,”...
Page 118: Automating Installation Of The Zenworks Agent
To automate installation of the ZENworks Agent: 1 Create the response file. To do so: 1a At the Linux device, mount the media you are using for the install: the Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management installation media, the ZENworks Agent media, or the ISO image.
Page 119: Installing Zenworks Linux Management On A Sles 9 Server With A Minimal Installation
./zlm-install -a -r path_to_response_file.txt Replace response_file.txt with a filename you want. For example: ./zlm-install -a -r /zlm7-agent/zenworks-agent.txt The steps in this procedure perform a standard installation of ZENworks Linux Management. Depending on your situation, additional options can be used with the zlm- command.
Page 120 (libzypp) libxml2 (multiple) libzypp-zmd-backend mktemp (multiple) mono-core ncurses (python) openssl (libzypp) orbit2 (policyenforcers) pam (postgresql) pango (gtk-sharp) popt (libzypp) pwdutils (multiple) python (we install) readline (postgres, python) sed (postgres) sqlite (zmd, libzypp) 120 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 121: Installing A Zenworks Server On A Device Configured With Dhcp
xinetd (remote management) xorg-x11-libs (eDir, vnc) xorg-x11-libs-32bit zlib (libzypp, remote management) zlib-32bit perl-TimeDate gtk-sharp2 glib-sharp2 NOTE: Make sure that yast2-core-devel, yast2-devel, and zmd-devel packages are not installed on SLES 10. A.5 Installing a ZENworks Server on a Device Configured with DHCP Installing a ZENworks Linux Management server on a device that is configured with DHCP causes the installation to fail.
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Page 123: B Hot Patches
Patches To install ZENworks Linux Management Hot Patches: 1 Send an e-mail to Zen.feedback@novell.com with the release name as the subject line. Refer to the following table for more information on the subject line that must be specified for the...
Page 124 For example, for the SLES10 SP1 operating system, you must enter the following command: create_update_source/SLES10-SP1-x86_64 This creates a folder structure similar to the one shown below. zlm-updates |_______-media.1 |_______content |_______directory.yast |_______-setup |__-descr |_______-suse |____-i386 |____-i486 |____-i586 |____-i686 |____-noarch |____-x86_64 124 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
Page 125 12 Edit the packages section in the control file to include the ZENworks Linux Management client package details. For example: <package>liby2util</package> <package>libzypp</package> <package>libzypp-zmd-backend</package> <package>novell-zenworks-install</package> <package>novell-zenworks-utilities</package> <package>novell-zenworks-zmd-actions</package> <package>novell-zenworks-zmd-gconfpolicyenforcers</package> <package>novell-zenworks-zmd-oem</package> <package>novell-zenworks-zmd-policyenforcers</package> <package>novell-zenworks-zmd-policymanagers</package> <package>novell-zenworks-zmd-settings</package> <package>novell-zenworks-zmd-tess</package> <package>rug</package>...
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Page 127: C Documentation Updates
This section contains information on documentation content changes that were made in this ® ® Installation Guide after the initial release of Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management. The information can help you to keep current on updates to the documentation.
Page 128: December 12, 2008 (Hot Patch 3)
The following changes were made in this section: Location Change Section 2.3, “Managed Device Requirements,” on Added Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 on the page 26 32-bit and 64-bit (x86) architectures to the list of operating systems supported on the managed devices.
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C.4 May 19, 2008 (Interim Release 2) Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below. Section C.4.1, “System Requirements,” on page 129 Section C.4.2, “Installation,” on page 129 Section C.4.3, “Security,” on page 129 Section C.4.4, “Upgrade,” on page 130 C.4.1 System Requirements The following changes were made in this section: Location...
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The following changes were made in this section: Location Change Section 10.3, “What’s New in .Added this section for ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management IR1a. with Interim Release 1a,” on page 80 130 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
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Location Change Chapter 12, “Upgrading to Updated this section with ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management IR1a information. with IR1/IR1a,” on page 93 C.6 October 16, 2007 Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below. Section C.6.1, “System Requirements,”...
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Section C.8.2, “Installation,” on page 133 C.8.1 System Requirements The following changes were made in this section: Location Change Section 2.3, “Managed Device Added Novell Open Enterprise Server to the Operating System Requirements,” on page 26 list. 132 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...
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Section 7.3, “Setting Up the Open Added this section the explain the steps to be performed for Enterprise Server 1 after Installing configuring any other Novell products on the Novell Open ZENworks Linux Management,” on Enterprise Server after installing the ZENworks 7.2 Linux page 57 Management Agent.
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Added the tasks to be performed before upgrade. ZENworks Servers and the Managed Devices to ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management,” on page 83 Section 11.1.1, “Performing an In- Added Step Place Upgrade on the ZENworks Primary Server,” on page 84 134 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide...

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Part I Overview

1 About Zenworks Linux Management

Part II Preparation

2 System Requirements

Part III Installation

3 Preparing the Database for the Zenworks Data Store

4 Verifying the RPM Package Signatures

5 Installing the Zenworks Primary Server

6 Installing a Zenworks Secondary Server

7 Setting up Managed Devices

8 What's Next

Part IV Security

9 Understanding the Security of Zenworks Linux Management System

Part V Upgrade

10 What's New in Zenworks Linux Management

11 Upgrading to Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management

12 Upgrading to Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management with Ir1/Ir1A

13 Upgrading to Zenworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2

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