Installation guide

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Preparation
The following sections provide information to prepare you for the installation of ZENworks 11 :
 Section 3.1, “Understanding What the ZENworks Installation Does,” on page 33
 Section 3.2, “Gathering Installation Information,” on page 33
 Section 3.3, “Preinstallation Tasks,” on page 34
3.1 Understanding What the ZENworks Installation
Does
The first time you install ZENworks 11 , you establish the Management Zone with a Primary Server,
which is the first server you install to. Other Primary Servers can then be installed into that
Management Zone.
The ZENworks installation program does the following during installation of your first Primary Server:
 Creates the Management Zone
 Creates a password that you supply for the default ZENworks Administrator account
 Establishes and populates the ZENworks database
The ZENworks installation does the following during installation of any Primary Server:
 Installs the ZENworks Adaptive Agent so that it can be managed
 Installs ZENworks Control Center (ZCC)
 Installs the zman command line utility
 Installs and starts the ZENworks services
The Adaptive Agent is installed on managed devices from files on the Primary Server. For more
information, see“ZENworks Adaptive Agent Deployment” in the ZENworks 11 SP2 Administration
Quick Start.
You have three installation methods:
To learn what you need to know before installing ZENworks, continue with Section 3.2, “Gathering
Installation Information,” on page 33.
3.2 Gathering Installation Information
During installation of ZENworks 11 , you need to know the following information:
 Installation method to use (GUI, command line, or unattended)
 Graphical User Interface: A graphical user interface (GUI) installation program that works
with both Windows and Linux servers is provided on the installation CD. For Linux servers,
GUI capability must already be installed.