During installation of ZENworks 10 Asset Management, you need to know the following information:
Installation method to use (GUI, command line, or unattended)
Installation path (for Windows only)
Management Zone (zone name, username, password, and port)
Database choice (embedded Sybase SQL, remote OEM Sybase SQL, external Sybase SQL, external Microsoft SQL, or Oracle 10g Standard database)
For more information, see Section 3.3, Preinstallation Tasks.
Database information (server name, port, database name, username, password, named instance, domain, and whether you are using Windows or SQL Server authentication)
For Oracle and MS SQL, ensure that the database username adheres to the following conventions:
The name must begin with an alphabetic character.
The following characters cannot be used: - (hyphen) or . (period). Additionally, @ cannot be used in username for Oracle.
Certificate Authority information (internal, or signed certificate, private key, and public certificate) in DER format
License keys (60-day trial options are available)
If you choose to deploy Primary Servers behind a L4 switch, ensure that all such Primary servers are running on the same HTTP and HTTPS ports.
For more information on these items, see Table 4-1, Installation Information.
To start a ZENworks installation, continue with Section 3.3, Preinstallation Tasks.