1.0 Overview

ZENworks Reporting 6.2.1 is available as a virtual appliance that can be deployed to a supported virtual infrastructure. ZENworks Reporting Appliance is built on a customized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and comes pre-installed with ZENworks Reporting 6.2.1 and thus helps save on operating system license costs.

After deployment, ZENworks Reporting can be re-configured by using an easy to use web based console. Also, the same console can be used to maintain ZENworks Reporting Appliance and perform basic tasks such as executing commands, starting and stopping services, viewing logs, uploading, and downloading files. You can also tweak basic server settings and monitor the server performance.

Appliance supports root and zenadmin users. The root user has all privileges on the Appliance and ZENworks Reporting. The zenadmin user has privileges only on ZENworks Reporting.

The root user has the following privileges:

  • On Appliance

    • Ganglia Configuration

    • Ganglia Monitoring

    • Network

    • Time

    • Storage

    • System Services

    • Firewall

    • Administrative Passwords

    • Field Patch

    • Online Update

    • Shutting Down and Restarting ZENworks Reporting Appliance

  • On ZENworks Reporting

    • ZENworks Reporting Configuration

    • Terminal and File Explorer

    • Logs

    • ZENworks Reporting Backup

The zenadmin user has the following privileges:

  • On Appliance

    • Ganglia Configuration

    • Ganglia Monitoring

    • System Services

    • Administrative Passwords

    • Field Patch

    • Online Update

    • Shutting Down and Restarting ZENworks Reporting Appliance

  • On ZENworks Reporting

    • ZENworks Reporting Configuration

    • Terminal and File Explorer

    • Logs

    • ZENworks Reporting Backup