Installation guide

Installing the ZENworks Server 61
4.4.1 Tasks for All Platforms
After successfully installing ZENworks 11 , perform the following tasks:
 If you have ZENworks Configuration Management 10.x managed devices or Satellites in your
network and want to register the devices to a new ZENworks 11 Management Zone so that they
can be automatically upgraded to ZENworks 11, you must import ZENworks 11 System Update
from the appropriate ZENworks 11 installation media in to the newly installed zone. For detailed
information about importing ZENworks 11 System Update into the newly installed zone, see TID
7007958 in the Novell Support Knowledgebase (http://support.novell.com/search/kb_index.jsp).
 (Optional) If you want to set certain configuration parameters for how ZENworks is run on a
Primary Server, see .
 Take a reliable backup of the ZENworks database on a regular basis.
For more information on how to back up the ZENworks database, see .
 Procure and note down the credentials of the database.
To procure the credentials of the internal database, use one of the following commands:
zman dgc -U administrator_name -P administrator_password
or
zman database-get-credentials -U administrator_name -P administrator_password
To procure the credentials of the external database, contact the database administrator.
 Take a reliable backup of the ZENworks Server (which only needs to be done one time).
For more information on how to back up the ZENworks Server, see .
 Take a reliable backup of the Certificate Authority.
For more information on how to back up the Certificate Authority, see .
 (Conditional) If you turn on the firewall on Windows Primary Server, you must configure the
server to allow the following ZENworks 11 Configuration Management Imaging applications
through the firewall by adding them to the Windows Firewall Exceptions list:

novell-pbserv.exe
 novell-proxydhcp.exe
 novell-tftp.exe
 novell-zmgprebootpolicy.exe
For more information, review the following sections:
 “Adding Imaging Applications as Exceptions to Firewall on Windows Server 2003” on page 61
 “Adding Imaging Applications as Exceptions to Firewall on Windows Server 2008” on page 62
Adding Imaging Applications as Exceptions to Firewall on Windows
Server 2003
1 From the desktop Start menu, click Settings > Control Panel.
2 Double-click Windows Firewall.
The Windows Firewall window is displayed.
3 Click the Exceptions tab.
4 Click Add Program.
The Add a Program window is displayed.