Before you upgrade ManageWise 2.7 to ZENworks 7 with SP1, you should understand the differences in the components of ManageWise 2.7 and ZENworks 7 with SP1 Management and Monitoring Services to help you better plan your upgrade from ManageWise 2.7. This section gives you information on the following components:
The architecture of ManageWise 2.7 includes the following components:
ManageWise console: The ManageWise 2.7 console is a graphical interface that runs on a Windows* 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT* 4.x workstation. It provides services for managing networking resources, servers, routers, and workstations.
ManageWise server: The ManageWise 2.7 server contains the NetWare® Loadable Module™ (NLM™) to run discovery.
Server Management agents: The agents run on the NetWare and Windows NT servers.
Traffic Analysis agents: The agents run on NetWare servers.
The architecture of ZENworks 7 with SP1 includes the following components:
Management Site Server: The server contains all of the discovery NLM software and also the other components like Alarm Manager, MIB Tools, Atlas Manager, and Remote Ping. Some of these components are also found in the ManageWise 2.7 console.
ZfS console: ZENworks 7 with SP1 uses Novell ConsoleOne® as the GUI where you can manage all of your network resources.
Server Management Agent: The agents run on NetWare, Windows 2000/2003, and Linux servers.
Traffic Analysis Agent: In ZENworks 7 with SP1, Traffic Analysis Agents run on both NetWare and Windows 2000/2003 servers.