E.1 Operating System

You can require the server to have a certain operating system before installing the software package.

To configure the server operating system requirement:

  1. With the operating system requirement selected, select the server’s platform.

    Available platforms are NetWare, Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

  2. Select the version relationship:

       Any    Less Than    Less Than or Equal To    Equal To    Greater Than    Greater Than or Equal To

  3. If you select an option other than Any for the Version field, fill in the Major, Minor, and Revision fields according to the information in the following table.

    For Windows servers, version information cannot be specified. Therefore, Windows is not included in the table.

    The Major and Minor fields are for the upper version limit. For Netware and Windows, the Revision field is for the required service pack revision. For Linux, the Revision field is for the Linux distribution update version.

    Operating System Version

    Subscriber Version 1

    Major

    Minor

    Revision

    NetWare 5.1 + SP5

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, ZENworks 6.5 SP2, or ZfS 3.0.2

    5

    10

    5

    NetWare 5.1 + SP6

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, ZENworks 6.5 SP2, or ZfS 3.0.2

    5

    10

    6

    NetWare 5.1 + SP7

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    5

    10

    7

    NetWare 5.1 + SP8

    ZENworks 7 or 7 w/SP1only

    5

    10

    8

    NetWare 6 + SP2

    ZfS 3.0.2 only

    6

    0

    2

    NetWare 6 + SP3

    ZfS 3.0.2 only (with JVM 1.4.1)

    6

    0

    3

    NetWare 6 + SP4

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, ZENworks 6.5 SP2, or ZfS 3.0.2

    6

    0

    4

    NetWare 6 + SP5

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    6

    0

    5

    NetWare 6.5

    ZfS 3.0.2 only

    6

    5

    0

    NetWare 6.5 + SP1a

    ZENworks 6.5 or ZfS 3.0.2

    6

    5

    1

    NetWare 6.5 + SP1.1

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, ZENworks 6.5 SP2, or ZfS 3.0.2

    6

    5

    1

    NetWare 6.5 + SP2

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    6

    5

    2

    NetWare 6.5 + SP3

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    6

    5

    3

    NetWare 6.5 + SP4

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    6

    5

    4

    NetWare 6.5 + SP5

    ZENworks 7 w/SP1 only

    6

    5

    5

    OES NetWare

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    6

    5

    4

    OES NetWare + SP1

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    6

    5

    5

    OES NetWare + SP2

    ZENworks 7 SP1 only

    6

    5

    6

    OES Linux

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    2

    6

    variable 2

    OES Linux + SP1

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    2

    6

    variable 2

    OES Linux + SP2

    ZENworks 7 SP1 only

    2

    6

    variable 2

    Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8

    ZfS 3.0.2 only

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Red Hat Linux 9

    ZENworks 6.5 only

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, ZENworks 6.5 SP2, or ZfS 3.0.2

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Red Hat Enterprise Server 2.1

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, ZENworks 6.5 SP2, or ZfS 3.0.2

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    2

    4

    variable 2

    Solaris 8

    ZfS 3.0.2 only

    5

    8

    N/A

    Solaris 9

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    5

    9

    N/A

    SUSE® Linux 8.1 3

    ZfS 3.0.2 only

    2

    4

    variable 2

    SUSE Linux 8.2

    ZfS 3.0.2 only

    2

    4

    variable 2

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    2

    4

    variable 2

    SUSE Linux Standard Server (SLSS) 8

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    2

    4

    variable 2

    SLES 9

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    2

    6

    variable 2

    SLES 9 SP1, SP2

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    2

    6

    variable 2

    SLSS 9

    ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 w/SP1, ZENworks 6.5, ZENworks 6.5 SP1, or ZENworks 6.5 SP2

    2

    6

    variable 2

    SLSS 9 SP1, SP2

    ZENworks 7 and 7 w/SP1 only

    2

    6

    variable 2

    1 The Subscriber column indicates the Subscriber version that is required for processing the software package on a server platform. You do not need to specify the Subscriber version here; however, the software package cannot be successfully sent and extracted on a server with one of these network operating systems unless the correct product version for the Subscriber software is running on it.

    It is possible to have both ZENworks 6.5 (or later) Server Management and ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2 running in your network, such as when you are upgrading incrementally. This table provides platform information for both ZENworks product versions. For information on upgrading incrementally, see Upgrade Concepts and Issues in the Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management Installation Guide.

    2 Where variable is listed for the Linux platforms in this table, the number that you enter in the Revision field is the kernel revision that was either first shipped with the installed Linux operating system, or a later version that you might have updated your Linux servers to. You can use the uname -a command to determine the exact revision number.

    Also, the revision number you need to enter depends on what you specify in the Version field (Equal To, Greater Than, and so on). For example, you could enter 0 in the Revision field and select Greater Than in the Version field to include all kernel revisions.

    3 Because Linux versions are the same for Red Hat and SUSE, and you can only select Linux in the Platform field, to differentiate between those two Linux distributions, elsewhere in the software package you can require a certain file belonging to either Red Hat or SUSE to exist on the server. For example, the /etc/SuSE-release file could be required on the server, so that only servers with the SUSE Linux version would be accepted for receiving the software package.