Understanding the Effects of Workstation Inventory Installation

On the servers, the Workstation Inventory installation program does the following:

• On NetWare servers:
  • Copies the inventory related files to the PUBLIC\ZENWORKS directory.
  • Copies the Workstation Inventory snap-in component to the PUBLIC\MGMT\CONSOLEONE\ConsoleOne_version\BIN directory.
  • Assigns Create rights to the SCANDIR directory on NetWare servers.
  • The installation program assigns the SCANDIR as a trustee of the [Root] with Create rights.
  • Creates an Inventory Service object (servername_ZenInvservice) in eDirectory for each server on which Inventory is installed. This object is populated with the attributes: zeninvRole (role of the server), zeninvScanFilePath (path to SCANDIR directory), and zeninvHostServer (DN of the server on which Inventory is installed).
  • If the Inventory Service object already exists, the object is destroyed and created again.
  • During installation, the Inventory Service object is made a trustee of the NCP^TM server with compare and read rights.
  • The installation program assigns the Inventory Service object as trustee to the tree.

    If there are any higher-level containers preceding the container that has the Inventory Service object, the Inventory Service object is assigned as a trustee of these containers.

    For example, if the Inventory tree is Novell_US, that has an Inventory Service object with the DN as us.california.sanjose.ZENInvService_SanJoseServer, where ZENInvService_SanJoseServer is the object, then ZENInvService_SanJoseServer is made a trustee of Novell_US, us container, california container, and sanjose container.

  • Creates the scan directory (SCANDIR) with the subdirectories (ENTPUSHDIR, ENTMERGE, and DBDIR) in the specified volume on the server.
  • The PUBLIC\ZENWORKS directory is made a trustee of [Root] with Read and filescan rights.

• On Windows NT/2000 servers:
  • Modifies the registry entries so that at run time, the scanners can be executed on the workstations from the servers. The installation adds the SYS share to the registry entry on Windows NT/2000 servers.
  • Creates the SCANDIR directory with the subdirectories.
  • Creates an Inventory Service object (servername_ZenInvservice) in eDirectory for each server on which Inventory is installed. These attributes are populated: zeninvRole (Role of the server), zeninvScanFilePath (Path to ScanDir), and zeninvHostServer (DN of the server on which Inventory is installed).
  • If an Inventory Service object already exists, the object is destroyed and created again.
  • The installation program assigns the Inventory Service object as trustee to the tree.

    If there are any higher-level containers preceeding the container that has the Inventory Service object, the Inventory Service object is assigned as a trustee of these containers.

    For example, if the Inventory tree is Novell_US, that has an Inventory Service object with the DN as us.california.sanjose.ZENInvService_SanJoseServer, where ZENInvService_SanJoseServer is the object, then ZENInvService_SanJoseServer is made a trustee of Novell_US, us container, california container, and sanjose container.

  • Creates the SCANDIR directory (Share directory on the server\ZENWORKS\SCANDIR directory) with the subdirectories (ENTPUSHDIR, ENTMERGE, and DBDIR).
  • The installation program assigns rights to the SCANDIR directory. The installation program modifies the registry entries so that the scanners can create the scan data files (.STR) in the SCANDIR directory.
  • On the server, the Inventory Service Manager is created as a service.

• On the database servers:
  • Installs the Sybase* ASA 7.0.0.505 database on the server you specify.
  • On a NetWare server, if Sybase 7 is already installed, only the database files are copied to the server.
  • If the Sybase database does not exist on the NetWare server, then Sybase database and database files are copied. Also, the installation program creates the MGMTDBS.NCF file in the SYS:\SYSTEM directory.
  • On Windows NT/2000 servers, the Sybase database and the database files are copied. Also, the database server service (Adaptive Service Anywhere - ZENworks for Desktops 3) is created.
  • On the servers, the installation program initializes the database. At server startup time, the database is loaded.
  • If the MGMTDBS.NCF file already exists, then MGMTDB.DB and NAL.DB entries are added to this file, if these entries do not exist. Also, any other entries that ZfD uses are added if these entries do not exist.
  • Creates a Database object (ZfDInventoryDatabase) for Sybase and configures the properties of the object.

• On an existing ZENworks 2 installation:
  • On a NetWare server, detects whether a ZENworks 2 installation exists. If so, the existing directory under \SYS:\PUBLIC is renamed as ZENWORKS.ZEN2BKUPcurrentdate. Also, ZfD3 installation takes care of loading the Inventory database (Sybase) for ZENworks 2 and ZfD3.
  • Detects if an existing Sybase database with ZENworks 2 or ZENworks for Servers (ZfS) exists. If so, the installation program checks the database version and file size. If the existing Sybase version is 7.0.0.313, the installation program copies the new database and does not copy Sybase files.
  • If ZENworks 2 with Support Pack 1 exists on the server, the MGMTDB.DB and NAL.DB entries are added to MGMTDBS.NCF file. The ZENworks 2 entries in the AUTOEXEC.NCF entries will be deleted.
  • If a ZENworks 2 setup exists on the server, the ZENINVDB entry is added to the MGMTDBS.NCF file. The ZENworks 2 entries in the AUTOEXEC.NCF entries will be deleted.
  • ZENworks 2 inventory entries are removed from the AUTOEXEC.NCF file.

• On an existing ZfD 3 installation:
  • Detects if ZfD 3 files exist. If so, the files are overwritten. The existing Inventory Service object and the database object are overwritten. You need to configure the policies and properties for the new Inventory Service object and the database object.

• On the workstations:

  When you install the Novell Client^TM on the workstation, the following files are copied on the workstation:

  Filename	Directory
  PUBLIC\ZENWORKS\WM95INV3.DLL	WINDOWS\SYSTEM on Windows 95/98
  PUBLIC\ZENWORKS\WMINV3.DLL	WINNT\SYSTEM32 on Windows NT/2000
  PUBLIC\ZENWORKS\INVSTAT.DLL	WINDOWS\SYSTEM on Windows 95/98 WINNT\SYSTEM32 on Windows NT/2000
  PUBLIC\ZENWORKS\LOC32VC.DLL	WINDOWS\SYSTEM on Windows 95/98 WINNT\SYSTEM32 on Windows NT/2000
  PUBLIC\ZENWORKS\NLS\ENGLISH\ INVMSG.DLL	WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NLS\ENGLISH on Windows 95/98 WINNT\SYSTEM32\NLS\ENGLISH on Windows NT/2000
  PUBLIC\ZENWORKS\ZENPOL32.DLL	WINDOWS\SYSTEM on Win 95/98 WINNT\SYSTEM32 on Win NT/2000