Upgrading to
Novell ZENworks® 7

Jason Blackett

Chief Technical Engineer, Novell Training Services

jblackett@novell.com

Rich Hanley

Advanced Technical Training Engineer

rhanley@novell.com

Agenda

Planning your upgrade

Upgrading to ZENworks 7 Desktop Management

Upgrading to ZENworks 7 Server Management

Upgrading to ZENworks 7 Handheld Management

Upgrading to ZENWorks 7 Linux Management

Planning your upgrade

Determine which of the products in the suite will be deployed in your environment

Determine if you want to move to a ZENworks tree model

Determine the platform you want to host ZENworks Desktop Management services on

ZENworks 7 now includes support for Linux

Determine the servers that are currently running ZENworks and identify the components that are installed

Novell ZENworks 7

Novell

ZENworks

7

Handheld Management

Linux Management

Desktop Management

Software Packaging

Patch Management

Server Management

Data Management

Complete IT resource management for enterprise-wide efficiency

Check the infrastructure

Do your NetWare®, Windows or Linux servers meet the pre-requisites?

Is your network configure properly to support the features you want to use?

Wake-on-LAN requires broadcast forwarding

PXE may require additional DHCP forwarders

Imaging may require multicast forwarding

Verify that the appropriate ports are open between the workstation, middle tier, and server(s)

Check the infrastructure

If you are moving to a ZENworks tree environment you should configure DirXML® or Novell Identity Manager

Copies user, group, and container information to the ZENworks tree

Check the ZENworks environment

Verify that search policies are configured to continue functioning properly after the upgrade

Partition automatically becomes Associated Container

Modify the login script that launches NAL if necessary

Consider using the EXISTS command as shown in the on-line documentation

Verify that you have the appropriate version of ZENworks installed on servers that are not being upgraded immediately (inventory specific)

Upgrading to
ZENworks 7 Desktop Management

Begin by extending the schema and installing the ZENworks license key

Upgrade your inventory servers in a top down fashion

Upgrade your other ZENworks servers

Install ZENworks Middle Tier Server(s) if necessary

Upgrade the ZENworks Desktop Management Agent

Understanding the ZENworks 6.5/7 Web Access Implementation

Workstation running ZENworks Desktop Management Agent

ZENworks Desktop Management Middle Tier Server

eDirectory tree where users and ZENworks objects exist

File server storing required files for app or policy distribution

CIFS Protocol

XML over HTTP

NDAP over NCP

LDAP

Understanding the ZENworks 6.5/7 Web Access Implementation

Workstation running ZENworks Desktop Management Agent

ZENworks Desktop Management Middle Tier Server

eDirectory tree where users and ZENworks objects exist

File server storing required files for app or policy distribution

Key Linux Daemons for ZENworks

ZENworks services are implemented as daemons on Linux

Automatic Workstation Import

/etc/init.d/novell-awsi-service

Preboot Services

/etc/init.d/novell-tftp

/etc/init.d/novell-proxydhcp

/etc/init.d/novell-zmgprebootpolicy

Wake-on-LAN

Key Linux Daemons for ZENworks

ZENworks Inventory Service Manage

Sybase Database

ZENworks Middle Tier

Understanding ZENworks 7 Desktop Management
PreBoot Services on Linux

The PreBoot Services implementation on Linux is not the same as the PreBoot Services implementation on Windows or NetWare

Uses Novell written TFTP, ProxyDHCP, and ZmgPrebootPolicy server

Uses Novell Preboot Client

Uses Preboot Images

Really just WinImage images of DOS boot disks

Allows much greater flexibility

Can still query NetWare and Windows servers for work to do and redirect to a ZENworks server on those platforms

Upgrading to
ZENworks 7 Server Management

If a server is running both ZENworks Desktop Management and ZENworks Server Management inventory service you must upgrade to ZENworks 7 at the same time

Upgrade Distributor(s) first

Upgrade Subscribers(s)

Upgrade Management and Monitoring Servers

Can use Tiered Electronic Distribution to distribute the updates

Upgrading to
ZENworks 7 Handheld Management

Upgrade ZENworks Handheld Management Server first

Upgrade ZENworks Handheld Access Points

Upgrade ZENworks Handheld Desktop Sync

Upgrade ZENworks Handheld Agent

Introducing
ZENworks 7 Linux Management

ZENworks 7 Linux Management is a whole new product, built on the ZENworks architecture for the future

Uses standalone eDirectory implementation to store ZENworks configuration data

Uses PostgresSQL to store reporting and inventory information

Uses a Web based management tool to allow easy administration for Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox

Introduces many new features for managing Linux devices

Secure remote management with VNC

Policy lockdown

Policy based operating system and application deployment

PreBoot Services Considerations in a mixed ZENworks 7 Linux Management/ZENworks 7 Desktop Management environment

In a mixed environment consisting of ZENworks 7 Linux Management and ZENworks 6.5/7 Desktop Management you should:

Make sure that the ZENworks Linux Management server is the Proxy DHCP server

Configure a PreBoot Services Referral list to the ZENworks 6.5/7 servers

Be very careful when configuring server based imaging work

Summary

Upgrading to the latest version of the ZENworks Suite is relatively easy if you are coming from a fairly recent version of the product

ZENworks 7 allows the ZENworks Desktop Management services to be hosted on Linux servers

ZENworks 7 Linux Management introduces a new architecture that gives ZENworks a wide range of system management features on the Linux Platform

Other sessions you should attend

TUT 227-ZENworks Architecture Today and in the Future

TUT 316-Advanced ZENworks Linux Management Deployment and Best Practices

TUT 220-ZENworks Desktop Management Best Practices

TUT 226-Rapid Deployment of ZENworks

TUT 319-ZENworks Server Management Best Practices

TUT 321-Advanced ZENworks Patch Management Deployment and Best Practices

Other resources

ZENworks Advanced Technical Training courses

ZENworks 6.5/7 Desktop Management Deployment

ZENworks 6.5/7 Desktop Management Troubleshooting (forthcoming)

ZENworks 6.5/7 Server Management

ZENworks 7 Linux Management (forthcoming)

ZENworks 6.5 Patch Management

KARLIN INSERT SPOKE GRAPHIC HERE. As I mentioned to you I like the other graphic that you made in IO 115 that included Red Hat, etc. I like the style. So I would like to see what you can design on the Suite in a circle like that which includes Desktop Management, Handheld Management, Server Management, Linux Management, Software Packaging, Patch Management -kim

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