Novell ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT 6.4 SP2

Server Installation Guide

ZENworks Patch Management 6.4 SP2

Document: 02_016N_6.4 SP2_15

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents iii

Preface v

About This Guide .................................................................................................. v

Typographical Conventions .................................................................................... v

Planning Your Installation 1

System Requirements ........................................................................................... 1

Minimum Hardware Requirements....................................................................... 1

Supported Operating Systems ............................................................................ 1

Other Software Requirements............................................................................. 2

Supported Database Servers .............................................................................. 2

Recommended Configuration.................................................................................. 3

Server Installation Checklist................................................................................... 4

Installing Your Patch Management Server 5

Installing Patch Management Server ....................................................................... 5

Starting Your Patch Management Server .................................................................15

Logging on to ZENworks Patch Management........................................................15

Configuring Your Patch Management Server to use SSL ............................................16

Server Installation Checklist 19

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PREFACE

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Preface

This Server Installation Guide is a resource written for all users of ZENworks Patch

Management 6.4 SP2. This document defines the concepts and procedures for installing,

configuring, implementing, and using ZENworks Patch Management 6.4 SP2.

About This Guide

This guide contains the following chapters and appendices:

•Chapter 1: Planning Your Installation

•Chapter 2: Installing Your Patch Management Server

•Appendix A: Server Installation Checklist

TIP: Novell documentation is updated on a regular basis. To acquire the latest version of this or

any other published document, please refer to the Novell Documentation Web page

(http://www.novell.com/documentation/).

Typographical Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout Novell documentation to help you identify

various information types.

Convention Usage

bold Buttons, menu items, window and screen objects.

bold italics Wizard names, window names, and page names.

italics New terms, options, and variables.

UPPERCASE SQL Commands and keyboard keys.

monospace File names, path names, programs, executables, command

syntax, and property names.

PREFACE

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ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT SERVER INSTALLATION GUIDE

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1Planning Your Installation

To assist in gathering the information required for a smooth installation, it is recommended

that you use the Server Installation Checklist on page 4.

System Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for ZENworks Patch Management 6.4.2 SP2 vary depending

upon the number of devices you manage. As the device count increases, so do the

requirements. The following, minimum hardware requirements, will support up to 250

devices:

• A single 1.4 GHz Pentium or equivalent processor

• 512 MB RAM

• 36 GB of available disk space

• A single 100 Mbps network connection (with access to the Internet)

For optimal performance please refer to the settings defined under Recommended

Configuration on page 3.

Supported Operating Systems

ZENworks Patch Management 6.4.2 SP2 is supported on the following Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Web Edition with SP1 or later

• Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition with SP1 or later

• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with SP1or later

•Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition (SP2 optional but recommended)

• Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition (SP2 optional but recommended)

NOTE: ZENworks Patch Management must be installed on an Operating System that uses any

English locale (en-US, en-UK, en-CA, etc.) in its default configuration and is not a domain

controller.

NOTE: Prior to installing ZENworks Patch Management 6.4.2 SP2, you must also install the

Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB925336) available from Microsoft Knowledge Base

Article #925336.

PLANNING YOUR INSTALLATION

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Other Software Requirements

ZENworks Patch Management 6.4.2 SP2 requires the following software:

• Microsoft® Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0

• Microsoft® .NET Framework version 1.1 SP1 and 2.0 (both versions are required)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x or higher

• Microsoft SQL Server (any version) must not be installed unless installed by a previous

version of ZENworks Patch Management

Supported Database Servers

ZENworks Patch Management 6.4.2 SP2 is supported on the following database servers:

• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with SP2

• SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition with SP2

• SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition with SP2

NOTE: ZENworks Patch Management installs SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with SP2 during

installation. Therefore, you must not have any database server installed prior to the installation

of ZENworks Patch Management.

PLANNING YOUR INSTALLATION

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Recommended Configuration

Novell recommends the following hardware and software configurations for ZENworks

Patch Management 6.4.2 SP2:

Table 1-1: ZENworks Patch Management 6.4.2 SP2 Recommended Configuration

NOTE: Refer to the Novell Knowledge Base (http://www.novell.com/support/) for additional

configuration recommendations.

Number

of Nodes < 1,000 < 2,500 < 5,000 < 10,000 > 10,000

Operating

System

Windows

Server 2003,

Web Edition

with SP2

Windows

Server 2003,

Web Edition

with SP2

Windows

Server 2003,

Web Edition

with SP2

Windows

Server 2003,

Standard

Edition with

SP2

Contact

Novell

Professional

Services.

Database

Server

SQL 2005

Express

SQL 2005

Express

SQL 2005

Express

SQL 2005

Standard

Processor 1 - 2.4 GHz 1 - Pentium

1 - Dual

Core,

Non-Xeon

2 - Dual

Core Xeon

RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB

Storage 1 - 36 GB

Hard Drive

1 - 72 GB

Hard Drive

2 - 144 GB

Hard Drives

4 - 144 GB

Hard Drives

PLANNING YOUR INSTALLATION

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Server Installation Checklist

Prior to installing ZENworks Patch Management, your must gather and confirm the following

information:

• Your target computer meets or exceeds the requirements defined in System

Requirements on page 1.

• Your server has a clean operating system installation.

• Your server is not a Domain Controller.

• You have installed the Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB925336) available from

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article #925336

• Internet Information Server (IIS) is installed and running (if necessary refer to

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324742 for details about IIS information.)

• All required service packs have been installed, as defined in Supported Operating

Systems on page 1.

•If your server is a member of a domain, only the default security policies are in effect.

• Your server DNS host name is:___________________________________

• The local SMTP mail host name is:________________________________

• Your ZENworks Patch Management serial number is:__________-__________

• Your target system is connected to the internet.

• If you are using SSL, a valid SSL web certificate has been obtained.

If you are using SSL, you need to obtain a valid web certificate, from a trust provider such

as Verisign Inc. (www.verisign.com) or Entrust (www.entrust.com), prior to installing

ZENworks Patch Management.

• If a proxy server will be used, you know the proxy server’s name, IP address, port, user

name, and password.

• Name:_____________________

• IP address:____-____-____-____

• Port:_______________________

• User name:__________________

• Password:___________________

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