3.3 What the ZENworks Migration Utility Does

The ZENworks Migration Utility is provided with Configuration Management (see Step 5 in Section 4.1, Prerequisites). You copy and install it to your workstation from an executable file that resides on your Primary Server. The utility consists of a migration screen where you can model and perform the migration.

The following sections explain what is or is not migrated:

3.3.1 Migrated

The ZENworks Migration Utility does the following:

  • Allows you to model your migration before performing it.

  • Provides a unique view of assignments created from traditional ZENworks associations.

  • Copies eDirectory objects and their attributes and associations to the ZENworks database, leaving eDirectory untouched in the process.

  • Prompts you to resolve duplicates from site listed applications.

  • Provides a status log of non-migrated attributes for your traditional ZENworks system’s eDirectory objects that do not exist in Configuration Management.

  • Converts Novell Application Launcher (NAL) applications into Configuration Management bundles.

    MSI and AOT applications that have streams (files) associated with them are migrated to MSIs by using the AdminStudio Repackager, which is included with the ZENworks Migration Utility.

3.3.2 Not Migrated

The ZENworks Migration Utility does not migrate the following:

  • User Objects: These are not migrated. Instead, in ZENworks Control Center, you simply point to their user sources. Therefore, any change to a user in eDirectory or Active Directory is immediately known in ZENworks Control Center.

  • Inventory Data: Your traditional inventory data and the related eDirectory attributes are not migrated by this utility. For how to migrate ZENworks Asset Management inventory data, see Section 3.3.3, Other Software.

For details on what is not migrated and what is changed during migration, see Section A.0, Migration Data.

3.3.3 Other Software

The following are upgraded or migrated with other methods:

  • Inventory Data: The ZENworks Asset Management Migration Utility can migrate your traditional inventory data, including inventory history, from ZENworks 7 to ZENworks Configuration Management. To access and run this utility:

    1. In your Web browser, access the following URL:

      http://zenworks_primary_server_id/zenworks-setup/?pageId=tools

      and download ZAMmigration.exe to a temporary location.

    2. Run ZAMmigration.exe to install it on your workstation.

    3. To run the utility on a supported Windows device, click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks > ZENworks Asset Management Migration Utility.

  • PatchLink: PatchLink Update is automatically installed with its latest patches as part of the installation of ZENworks Configuration Management.

  • AdminStudio: AdminStudio ZENworks Edition is provided on the Novell ZENworks Configuration Management CD. It is an optional installation. The portion of AdminStudio that is needed by the ZENworks Migration Utility for migrating Novell Application Launcher applications is automatically installed with the Migration Utility.