Businesses with large networks might not be able to perform a wholesale upgrade of their workstations, policies, applications, or other ZENworks functionality from ZENworks for Desktops 4.x to ZENworks 6.5. This section includes information that will help you to understand the differences in how the two versions behave while co-existing prior to upgrade.
The following tables show the supported workstation and server configurations
With a few exceptions, ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management is backward compatible with ZENworks for Desktops 4.x features. However, you will notice a difference in the way ZENworks 6.5 handles some functionality. The following sections explain the differences that you need to be aware of.
If the Import Service is upgraded to ZENworks 6.5 on a server, the ZENworks 4.x workstations register in the same way and the 6.5 Import Service imports them. Both ZENworks 4.x and ZENworks 6.5 workstations can be imported by a ZENworks 6.5 Import Server.
ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management does not support Windows NT 4 workstations, Windows 95 workstations, Windows 98 workstations without the SE upgrade, Novell eDirectoryTM versions before NDS® 8, NetWare® 4.x, NetWare 5.0, or NetWare 5.1.
There are almost no differences between ZENworks for Desktops 4.x and ZENworks 6.5 policies, so the policies will co-exist without a problem. The Windows Terminal Server policy has been removed in ZENworks 6.5.
If you import ZENworks for Desktops 4.x Application Management system requirements into the new ZENworks 6.5 system requirements, make sure that the legacy system requirements still exist. If the older application requirements are left intact, the ZENworks 4.x application still works.
When you upgrade Workstation Imaging from ZENworks for Desktops 4.x, make sure to use the same boot disk version as the version on the Desktop Management Server. For example, if you upgrade the Imaging server to ZENworks 6.5, make sure to use a ZENworks 6.5 boot CD when you manually invoke imaging.
The Remote Management component of ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management will co-exist with other vendor products offering Remote Management functionality, if you install the mirror driver on Windows 2000/XP workstations during the Remote Management installation. This will enable you to use other vendor products offering Remote Management functionality along with the Remote Management component of ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management.
The Remote Management console of ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management is interoperable with the Remote Management Agent bundled with ZENworks for Desktops 3.2 SP3, ZENworks for Desktops 4.x, ZENworks for Servers 3.x, and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management.