2.0 Preparing the Server for Personality Migration

A functioning Novell® ZENworks® 7 Desktop Management environment is a prerequisite for the ZENworks/Desktop DNA personality migration integration. This document is written with ZENworks 7 Desktop Management as the basis; the concepts could be used with earlier versions. For installation instructions for Desktop Management, see the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Installation Guide .

In the following sections, you create a directory structure to store the Desktop DNA templates and DNA personality files. We recommend that you control Rights or Permissions to these directories by using groups.

The directories you create can be placed on a single server (the DNA server) or on multiple servers, depending on your LAN/WAN environment, the scale of the migration, and the ongoing requirements for life cycle management.

The following sections contain additional information: