Novell ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT 6.4 - S Manuale di istruzioni

Release Notes

ZENworks Patch Management Server v6.4

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ZENworks Patch Management Server v6.4 - Release Notes

Release Notes

Server Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4 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)

Supported Operating Systems

Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4 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: For optimal performance please refer to the settings defined under “Recommended

Configuration”.

Warning: Novell ZENworks Patch Management must be installed on an Operating

System that is not a domain controller and uses any English locale (en-US, en-UK, en-

CA, etc.) in its default configuration.

Release Notes

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Other Software Requirements

Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4 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 Server

Recommended Configuration

Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4 recommends the following hardware:

Table 0.1 Novell ZENworks Patch Management Recommended Configuration

Number of

Nodes < 1000 <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

Express

Processor 1 - 2.4 GHz 1 - Pentium 4 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

Note: Refer to the Novell Support Web site (www.novell.com/support) for additional

configuration recommendations.

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ZENworks Patch Management Server v6.4 - Release Notes

Compatible Products

The following Novell products are compatible with Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.4:

Agent Requirements

Agent for Windows

•Local or Domain Administrator or Administrator equivalent

•500 MHz Processor or higher

•256 MB RAM

•20 MB of free disk space for agent installation

•A single 10 Mbps network connection (with access to the Update Server)

•Sufficient free disk space to download and install patches (varies dependent upon size of patch)

•Windows Installer 2.0 or higher

•Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher (Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher if using SSL)

•Network connectivity to your ZENworks Patch Management Server (6.4 or higher)

Table 0.2 Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.4 Compatible Products

Product Name Minimum

Version

Agent Management Center 6.4

Cisco Network Admission Control 6.4

Content Update Tool 6.4

Patch Developers Kit 6.4

Remote Execution Service 6.4

Scanner Integration Module 6.4

Warning: The install (and uninstall) must be done by a Administrator or Administrator

equivalent.

Note: Windows 2000 computers require Service Pack 1

Windows NT 4.0 computers require Service Pack 6a

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Agent for Linux, UNIX, Mac, and Netware

•Superuser privileges on the target machine

•2 MB of free disk space for agent installation

•500 MHz or greater processor

•256 MB RAM

•10 Mbps network connection (with access to the Update Server)

•Sufficient free disk space to download and install patches

•Network connectivity to your ZENworks Patch Management Server

•Presence of

/tmp

directory (

/var/tmp

directory on Solaris) for temporary file storage and

processing.

Warning: The install (and uninstall) must be done by the root user (superuser).

Warning: There must be no whitespaces (such as a space, tab, or newline character) in

the absolute path of the installation directory.

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ZENworks Patch Management Server v6.4 - Release Notes

Agent Supported Operating Systems

The following table lists the supported platforms on which the ZENworks Patch Management Agent

6.4 is supported.

Table 0.3ZENworks Patch Management Agent 6.4 Supported Platforms

Operating

System

Versions OS Edition OS Data

Width

Processor

Family

Processor

Data

Width

Min.

JRE

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 -

10.4.10

All 32/64 bit x86(Intel)/

PowerPC

32/64 bit 1.4.0+

HP-UX 11.00 -

11.23

All 64 bit PA-RISC 64 bit 1.4.0+

IBM AIX 5.1 - 5.3 All 32/64 bit PowerPC 32/64 bit 1.4.0+

Microsoft

Windows 9x

98 Second

Edition

All 32 bit x86 32 bit N/A

Microsoft

Windows NT

4.0 SP6A -

2003 R2

All

(1)

32/64 bit x86 32/64 bit N/A

Microsoft

Windows XP

All Professional

(2)

32/64 bit x86 32/64 bit N/A

Microsoft

Windows Vista

(3)

All All 32/64 bit x86 32/64 bit N/A

Novell Netware 6.5 All 32 bit x86 32 bit 1.3.0+

Novell SUSE

Linux

9 - 10 Enterprise 32/64 bit x86 32/64 bit 1.4.0+

Red Hat Linux 2.1 - 4 Enterprise AS,

ES, WS

32/64 bit x86 32/64 bit 1.4.0+

Sun Solaris 2.6 - 10 All 32/64 bit SPARC/x86 32/64 bit 1.4.0+

(1) Datacenter edition is not supported

(2) Home, Media Center and Tablet PC editions are not supported

(3) Windows Vista support requires .NET 3.0

Release Notes

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Upgrading to ZENworks Patch Management 6.4

To Upgrade to Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.4

•Refer to the Novell Knowledgebase for detailed upgrade instructions

•Following the upgrade to ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4, you must update your

existing agents. This can be done by manually installing the ZENworks Patch Management

Agent 6.4 or by deploying a Novell provided .plf (Vulnerability) from the Vulnerabilities

page within ZENworks Patch Management Server.

Agent Management Center Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

The AMC is supported on the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition with SP1

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with SP1

Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2

Warning: Refer to the “Compatible Products”section of this document when planning

your upgrade to ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4. If you have an unsupported

product installed, please contact Novell support prior to upgrading your server.

Note: Microsoft Vista is not a supported platform for the AMC.

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ZENworks Patch Management Server v6.4 - Release Notes

Minimum Installation Requirements

Single Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) Processor

512 MB of RAM

200 MB of Free Disk Space (During Installation)

100 MB of Disk Space (After Installation)

Single 100 MB NIC with access to the Internet

Local / Domain Administrator or Administrator Equivalent

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 with SP1

Supported Agent Operating Systems

The Agent Management Center will install the ZENworks Patch Management Agent on the

following platforms:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 edition

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

• Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition

Note: The Agent Management Center does not support installing the Novell ZENworks

Patch Management Agent on Microsoft Windows Vista.

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Distribution Point Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

•Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition

• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

• Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

• Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

Hardware and Software Requirements

•256 MB RAM

•5 GB of available disk space

•A LAN connection

Note: Additional OS support details available from http://httpd.apache.org/

Note: Refer to http://httpd.apache.org/ for additional details.

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