This section provides you with instructions for upgrading Novell® ZENworks® for Servers 3.0.2 Policy and Distribution Services to ZENworks 7 Server Management with Support Pack 1 (SP1) using one of the following methods:
GUI for NetWare or Windows servers (a menu option in the GUI upgrade program):
Upgrades Novell ZENworks eDirectory™ objects
Is required for Distributors, but is optional for Subscribers
Script for Linux or Solaris servers (a script run from the Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management with Support Pack 1 Program CD):
Requires that you use the GUI upgrade program first to upgrade the eDirectory objects
Must be performed manually on each server
Is required for Distributors, but is optional for Subscribers
(Optional) CPK for all supported platforms (a Server Software Package upgrade file contained on the Novell ZENworks 7 with Support Pack 1 Compaion 3 CD):
Requires that you use the GUI upgrade program first to upgrade the eDirectory objects
Cannot be used to upgrade Distributors, which must be upgraded first using the script or the GUI upgrade program
Is useful for automating Subscriber upgrades
Is more efficient for upgrading Linux and Solaris servers, because you do not have to manually visit each machine as you do with the script method
Before upgrading, you must meet all of the installation requirements outlined in Section II, Preparation.
IMPORTANT:If you are using NICI for Distribution encryption in ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2, you should upgrade to NICI 2.6.4; however, if you already have NICI 2.4.6 installed, it is optional whether you upgrade to NICI 2.6.4, because these versions are compatible with each other. For more information on NICI and encryption security, see Section G.0, Installing Additional Security for Non-Secured Connections.
To upgrade, choose one of the following methods:
Section 12.1, Upgrade Using the Program CD
This method uses either a Windows GUI program for NetWare and Windows servers, or a script for Linux and Solaris servers.
Section 12.2, Upgrade Using a Server Software Package
This optional method provides automated upgrading of the ZENworks software on Subscriber servers. You simply create a Software Package Distribution and send it to the Subscribers servers that are to be upgraded.
IMPORTANT:The Server Software Package cannot upgrade eDirectory objects.
Advantages for upgrading the Subscriber software using a Software Package Distribution:
Upgrades numerous servers in less time than in using the GUI upgrade program
Upgrades servers across multiple trees
Very useful when incrementally upgrading the Subscriber servers in your network
Provides upgrade access to machines that are not accessible using the GUI upgrade program
Is more efficient for upgrading Linux and Solaris servers
IMPORTANT:If you have External Subscriber servers to upgrade from version 3.0.2 (or version 3 SP2), to successfully send Distributions to those External Subscriber servers from Distributors that have been upgraded to version 7 with SP1 you must do one of the following:
Before upgrading the Distributor that you will use to send the Server Package Distribution (for CPKs), update your External Subscriber servers with the Interim Release 4 CPK before you upgrade those servers to version 7 with SP1; then, upgrade the Distributor server to version 7 with SP1 and thereafter upgrade the External Subscriber servers to version 7 with SP1 using the CPK upgrade Distributions from any version 7 with SP1 Distributor server.
Using the GUI upgrade, upgrade both the Distributor servers and External Subscriber servers to version 7 with SP1 at the same time. Then you can send version 7 with SP1 Distributions to the upgraded External Subscriber servers.
After upgrading the Distributor and External Subscriber servers to version 7 with SP1, delete the ted.cfg file on the upgraded Distributor server, then restart the Distributor service. Then you can send version 7 with SP1 Distributions to the upgraded External Subscriber servers.