1.1 ZENworks Reporting Server Requirements

You must install ZENworks Reporting Server on an existing ZENworks 11 SP2 Primary Server. You can have only one instance of ZENworks Reporting Server in a Management Zone.

The server where you install ZENworks Reporting Server software must meet the following minimum requirements:

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Operating System

Windows:

  • Windows Server 2003 SP1 / SP2 x86, x86_64 (Enterprise and Standard editions)

  • Windows Server 2008 SP1 / SP2 x86, x86_64 (Enterprise and Standard editions)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 x86_64 (Enterprise and Standard editions)

Linux:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) SP3 x86, x86-_64 (Intel and AMD Opteron processors)

  • SLES 11 x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD Opteron processors)

  • SLES 11 SP1 x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD Opteron processors)

  • Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) SP2 (Linux) x86, x86_64

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 / 5.3 / 5.4/5.5 x86, x86_64

All the Core and Data Center Editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 are not supported as Primary Server platforms. Windows Server 2008 Core is not supported because it does not support the .NET Framework.

If you are installing ZENworks Reporting Server on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 64-bit platform, make sure to install the libstdc++33-32bit package by using the SLES 64-bit media.

Windows Authentication mode is not supported on a Linux platform if the database is an MS SQL server.

Hardware

RAM: 3 GB minimum

Disk Space: 8 GB minimum

On Windows, ensure that you have at least 8 GB of free disk space on the drive on which the operating system has been installed if the TEMP environment variable is not set on the same drive. If the TEMP environment variable is set on the same drive on which the operating system has been installed, ensure that you have at least 13 GB of free disk space on the drive.

TCP Ports

3306

Used by the MySQL database embedded in ZENworks Reporting Server

 

6400

Used by the Central Management Server in ZENworks Reporting Server

 

6410

Used by the Server Intelligence Agent in ZENworks Reporting Server

 

6420

Auditing port in ZENworks Reporting Server

 

6430

Used by the CMS Server of BusinessObjects Enterprise to set its request port parameter

 

8080

Non secure port used by BOE's tomcat

8443

Secure port used by BOE's tomcat

 

8006

Shutdown port used by BOE's tomcat.