Understanding the Effects of Server Inventory Installation
On the Inventory server, the ZfS 3 Server Inventory installation program does the following:
On a NetWare Inventory server:
Copies the inventory related files to the installation_directory.
Copies the Server Inventory snap-in component to the ConsoleOne directory.
Creates an Inventory Service object (servername_ZenInvservice) in eDirectory for each server on which the Inventory server is installed. This object is populated with the following attributes: zeninvRole (role of the server), zeninvScanFilePath (path to SCANDIR directory), and zeninvHostServer (DN of the server on which Inventory server is installed).
If the Inventory Service object already exists, the object is validated and re-created if it is invalid.
During installation, the Inventory Service object is made a trustee of the NCPTM server with compare and read rights.
The installation program assigns the Inventory Service object as trustee to itself.
Creates the scan directory (SCANDIR) with the subdirectories (ENTPUSHDIR, ENTMERGE, and DBDIR) in the specified volume on the Inventory server.
Creates the ZENWORKS.PROPERTIES file in SYS:\SYSTEM. This file contains the installation path of the Inventory server and the ZEN Web server.
Installs the ZEN Web server on the Inventory server, if not installed previously.
If Server Inventory is reinstalled in the same directory as the previous installation, the CONFIG.PROPERTIES and DIRECTORY.PROPERTIES files are backed up and re-created.
On a Windows NT/2000 Inventory server:
Copies the inventory related files to the installation_directory.
Copies the Server Inventory snap-in component to the ConsoleOne directory.
Creates the SCANDIR directory with the subdirectories.
Creates an Inventory Service object (servername_ZenInvservice) in eDirectory for each server on which the Inventory server is installed. The following attributes are populated: zeninvRole (Role of the server), zeninvScanFilePath (Path to SCANDIR), and zeninvHostServer (DN of the server on which Inventory is installed).
The installation program assigns the Inventory Service object as trustee to itself.
On the Inventory server, the Inventory Service Manager is created as a service.
Edits the Registry settings to add the installation path of the Inventory server and the ZEN Web server.
On the Inventory server, the ZEN Web server is created as a service.
If Server Inventory is reinstalled in the same directory as the previous installation directory, the CONFIG.PROPERTIES and DIRECTORY.PROPERTIES files are backed up and re-created.
On the Database server, the Server Inventory installation program does the following:
Installs the Sybase ASA 7.0.2.1583 (on NetWare) or Sybase ASA 7.0.2.1540 (on Windows NT/2000) and the Inventory database on the servers you specify.
If the Database server is installed in the previous installation directory, the database files are re-created if they were found invalid or non-existing.
If Sybase is already installed, only the database files are copied.
On NetWare, the MGMTDB.DB entries are added to the SYS:\SYSTEM\MGMTDBS.NCF file. On Windows NT/2000, the MGMTDB.DB entries are added to the registry.
Creates a Database object (servername_InventoryDatabase) for Sybase and configures the properties of the object.
On an existing ZENworks for Servers 2 installation, the installation program performs the following tasks in addition to the tasks performed for a fresh installation:
On a NetWare Inventory server, the ZfS 3 Server Inventory installation deletes the following:
INVENTORY.NCF from the installation_directory\MWSERVER\BIN directory
The ZfS 2 Inventory entries (GATHERER.NCF, MASTER.NCF, and STORER.NCF) from SYS:\SYSTEM\AUTOEXEC.NCF.
The GPCSV and STORER directories from installation_directory\MWSERVER.
On the Database server, deletes ZENINV.DB from the list of databases that are loaded.
