1.2 What’s New in Novell ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP3:

Review the following sections:

1.2.1 Support for New Platforms

ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP3 provides the following new features or enhancements:

  • Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 as a Primary Server

  • Support for Windows 7 as a managed device

    NOTE:Windows 7 is also supported as a managed device in Update for ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP2 (10.2.2) or later.

For more information, see System Requirements in the ZENworks 10 Asset Management Installation Guide.

1.2.2 Support for New Version of Administration Browser

The ZENworks Control Center now supports the following additional browser version:

  • Mozilla Firefox 3.5

1.2.3 General Enhancements

The following general enhancements have been made:

  • Coexistence support for ZENworks 10 and ZENworks 7.x Desktop Management (ZDM 7).

    For more information, see ZENworks Desktop Management in the ZENworks 10 Asset Management Installation Guide.

  • Migration of devices with ZENworks 7.x Desktop Management and ZENworks 7.5 Asset Management to ZENworks 10 devices.

  • Added Authentication as a Primary Server function for which you can establish Closest Server Rules.

  • User source connections can be added and removed through the zman utility.

  • Support for failover of user source connections for Novell eDirectory.

1.2.4 Asset Management

The following enhancements have been made to Asset Management.

User-Based Licensing

Asset Management now includes support for user-based license models.

With user-based license models, licensed users are associated with devices, which are associated with software product installations. A license is consumed only if a software product installation is found on a device associated with the user. If multiple installations of the product are installed on multiple devices associated with the user, a single license is consumed.Two user-based license models are supported: Per-User and Per-Named User. The Per-User license model covers all users except those you specifically exclude (excluded users). Any user associated with a product installation consumes a license. Product installations associated with excluded users are either covered by other license entitlements (if Per-Installation entitlements exist that cover the same product) or reported as unresolved installations.The Per-Named User license model covers only those users you specifically include (covered users). Any covered user associated with a product installations consumes a license. Product installations associated with non-covered users are either covered by other entitlements (if Per-Installation Entitlements exist that cover the same product) or reported as unresolved installations.

ZENworks Control Center Enhancements

Enhancements have been made to various Asset Management features in ZENworks Control Center to increase usability:

  • On a document’s Relationship page, you can now add the document to existing contracts, entitlements, and purchase summary records.

  • On a purchase record’s Purchase Details page, you can now create a catalog product and add it to a purchase detail record.

  • On a license’s Compliance Status page, the columns in the Compliance Status panels have been changed to more clearly identify each license entitlement, its license model, and its covered product versions.

1.2.5 Authentication

ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP3 provides the following new features:

  • Authentication Mechanisms: Allows you to use smart card to log in to the user source and subsequently in to ZENworks. You can use the Kerberos authentication mechanism to log in to Active Directory and use the Shared Secret mechanism to log in to eDirectory.

  • Authentication Satellite Devices: Satellite devices with the Authentication role can now speed the authentication process by spreading the workload among various devices and by locally performing authentication to managed devices. You can have multiple Satellite devices with the Authentication role. In addition, each Satellite with the Authentication role can have multiple user sources configured and each Satellite can have multiple connections to each user source to provide failover.

1.2.6 Content

The following enhancements have been made for managing content:

  • Replicating specific content types to Satellites. Includes throttle rates and duration settings.

  • Enhanced support for content replication schedules.

1.2.7 Reporting

You can use the User Details report in ZENworks Reporting to report user details such as the username and e-mail address from the LDAP user sources configured in ZENworks Control Center. You can also link the ZENworks reports with the User Details reports.

1.2.8 Upgrading

You can upgrade the Primary Server or managed devices directly to ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP3 from the following versions by using the ZENworks System Update feature:

  • ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP2 (10.2)

  • Update for ZENworks 10 Asset Management (10.2.1)

  • Update for ZENworks 10 Asset Management (10.2.2)

1.2.9 ZENworks Appliance

ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP3 is now available as a software appliance that can be deployed to the supported virtual infrastructure. This software appliance is built on the customized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (SLES 10 SP2) and is preinstalled with ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP3 Server and ZENworks 10 Asset Management SP3 ZENworks Reporting Server.

For more information, see the ZENworks 10 Asset Management Appliance Deployment and Administration Reference.