Role-Specific Server Requirements

Some servers might require additional configuration specific to their Server Management role:

Š “Inventory Database Server” on page 54

Š “Remote Management Servers” on page 55

Inventory Database Server

Following are the minimum requirements for the Inventory Database server only:

Table 5-8 Minimum Inventory Database Server Requirements

Component Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements Database

Requirements

Š Sybase ASA 8.0.2 is installed automatically when you choose to install the inventory database.

Š Oracle* can be used as an alternative to Sybase. Oracle 9.2.0.6 or Oracle 10g R1 on:

Windows 2000 Server SP4

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

SLES 9 SP1 or Solaris versions supported by Oracle

Š MS SQL can be used as an alternative to Sybase:

(Recommended) MS SQL version 2000 SP3a RAM

Requirements

Š Recommended minimum memory on the database is 512 MB with minimum cache size of 128 MB

Š 768 is minimum and 1 GB or higher is recommended at the Root Server level with a cache size of 256 MB

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IMPORTANT: Inventory database files should not be installed on an NFS-mounted volume of a NetWare server.

Remote Management Servers

For Remote Management servers, in addition to the basic ZENworks Server Management installation requirements, the following requirements must be met for full Remote Management functionality:

Table 5-9 Minimum Remote Management Server Requirements

We recommend that you install Remote Management from the Novell ZENworks 7 Server

Management with Support Pack 1 Program CD. However, if you need to copy the CD structure to a hard drive, the path between the root of the hard drive and the first CD directory can contain only directory names that conform to the 8.3-character DOS file naming convention. If any long directory names exist in the path, the installation program does not work.

Before you can install ZENworks Server Management Remote Management, you must perform the following tasks:

Š “Determining and Preparing the Management Server” on page 56

Š “Determining and Preparing the Managed Server” on page 56 Hard Disk

Requirements Š Recommended minimum hard disk space on a lowest level server with 10,000 servers is 5 GB.

Š The minimum hard disk space on the topmost level server (Root Server) is 20 GB.

Š Depending on the number of servers attached, the hard disk size might vary from 1 GB to 25 GB.

Requirement Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements Management

Server

See Chapter 5, “Server Requirements,” on page 45.

Managed Server

Š NetWare 5.1/6/6.5

Š Windows 2000/2003

Š 2 MB hard disk space on the drive where Windows is installed

Š Internet Explorer 5.x

Š If you want to install the policy enforcer, you must have the required support pack installed (that contains the required JVM*) and Policy and Distribution Services on your managed server

Component Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements

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After determining the Management Server, you must perform the following task:

‰ If you want to set up a policy-enabled Remote Management session for Windows 2000/2003 servers, make sure that you have installed the Distributor on the Management server. To install the Distributor, see Section 6.1, “Installation on NetWare and Windows Servers,” on page 65.

Determining and Preparing the Managed Server

After determining which servers you want to remotely manage, you must perform the following tasks:

‰ Make sure that you have uninstalled the Remote Management component that ships with the NetWare client, if installed.

‰ If you want to set up Remote Management for Windows 2000/2003 servers through using the Server Remote Management policy, make sure that you have installed the Subscriber on the managed servers. To install the Subscriber, see Section 6.1, “Installation on NetWare and Windows Servers,” on page 65.

IMPORTANT: For Windows servers, the server’s DNS short name must be the same as the server’s name. Either rename Windows servers where the server’s name does not match its DNS short name before running the installation, or do not select these servers for installing Remote Management.

5.4 Management and Monitoring Services

This section contains the minimum server requirements for Management and Monitoring Services:

Š Section 5.4.1, “General Server Requirements,” on page 56

Š Section 5.4.2, “NetWare Server Requirements,” on page 56

Š Section 5.4.3, “Windows Server Requirements,” on page 58

Š Section 5.4.4, “Linux Server Requirements,” on page 58

Š Section 5.4.5, “Role-Specific Server Requirements,” on page 59

5.4.1 General Server Requirements

ZENworks Server Management can run in a mixed eDirectory environment. For example, your network might have both eDirectory 8.x and NDS 6.x or 7.x installed.

eDirectory 8.7.3 or later is required for ZENworks Server Management so that its objects can be placed in the tree during installation of the product. The server on which the site-server is installed must have a Read-Write replica of eDirectory.

5.4.2 NetWare Server Requirements

Following are the common NetWare minimum requirements for Management and Monitoring Services:

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Table 5-10 Common Minimum NetWare Server Requirements for Management and Monitoring Services Components

Following are the platform-specific NetWare minimum requirements for Management and Monitoring Services:

Table 5-11 Platform-Specific Minimum NetWare Server Requirements for Management and Monitoring Services Components

Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 or later N/A N/A N/A

Free Disk Space 170 MB free disk space; extra disk Server CPU Type Pentium III Processor meeting

OS requirements

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5.4.3 Windows Server Requirements

DNS: All target Windows servers should have fully qualified DNS names. For more information, see Section 3.4, “DNS Requirement,” on page 39.

Following are the common Windows minimum requirements for Management and Monitoring Services:

Table 5-12 Common Minimum Windows Server Requirements for Management and Monitoring Services Components

Following are the platform-specific minimum requirements for Management and Monitoring Services:

Table 5-13 Platform-Specific Minimum Windows Server Requirements for Management and Monitoring Services Components

1 No service pack is required for Windows Server 2003.