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ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Appliance Deployment and Administration Reference
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ZENworks Appliance Deployment and Administration Reference

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Contents 5
Contents
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About This Guide 7
1Overview 9
2 System Requirements 11
3 Deploying ZENworks Appliance 13
3.1 Predeployment Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Configuring ZENworks Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.1 Configuring the Preinstalled SLES 10 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2.2 Configuring the Preinstalled ZENworks Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.3 Configuration Information for ZENworks 10 Configuration Management on ZENworks
Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.4 Configuring the Preinstalled ZENworks Reporting Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.3 Post-Deployment Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.3.1 Creating a New Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.3.2 Partitioning and Configuring a New Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4 Managing and Monitoring ZENworks Appliance 29
A Troubleshooting ZENworks Appliance 31
B Documentation Updates 33
B.1 April 16, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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About This Guide 7
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About This Guide
This Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Appliance Deployment and Administration
Reference helps you successfully deploy ZENworks®10 Configuration Management SP3 Appliance
(ZENworks Appliance) to the ZENworks supported virtual infrastructure. ZENworks Appliance is
built on the customized SUSE®Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (SLES 10 SP2) and is preinstalled
with ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 Server and ZENworks 10 Configuration
Management SP3 ZENworks Reporting Server.
The information in this guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 9
Chapter 2, “System Requirements,” on page 11
Chapter 3, “Deploying ZENworks Appliance,” on page 13
Chapter 4, “Managing and Monitoring ZENworks Appliance,” on page 29
Appendix A, “Troubleshooting ZENworks Appliance,” on page 31
Appendix B, “Documentation Updates,” on page 33
Audience
This guide is intended for ZENworks administrators.
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Overview
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Overview
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®Linux Enterprise Server 10
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 “Introduction to ZENworks System Updates” in
the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System Administration Reference.
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 ZENworks 10
Configuration Management Administration Quick Start.
For more information on ZENworks Reporting, see the ZENworks 10 Configuration
Management System Reporting Reference.
Run ZENworks in a virtualized and isolated environment.

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