Reinstalling Server Inventory on NetWare and Windows Servers

To reinstall Server Inventory, perform the tasks in the following sections:

• Preparing to Reinstall Server Inventory
• Reinstalling Server Inventory
• Determining if Reinstalling Server Inventory Was Successful

Preparing to Reinstall Server Inventory

To prepare for reinstalling Server Inventory:

1. Identify the servers that need Server Inventory reinstalled.

2. Stop the Inventory services.

   To stop the Inventory services on the NetWare Inventory server, at the server console prompt, enter SYS:\SYSTEM\INVSTOP.NCF.

   NOTE:  On stopping the Inventory services, if you do not want the Sybase database to be stopped automatically, in the SYS:\SYSTEM\INVSTOP.NCF file, comment the Unload dbsrv7.nlm line.

   To stop the Inventory services on the Windows NT Inventory server:

   1. In the Control Panel, double-click Services.

   2. Select Novell ZEN Inventory > Stop.

   To stop the Inventory services on the Windows 2000 Inventory server:

   1. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

   2. Double-click Services.

   3. Select Novell ZEN Inventory > Stop.

3. Stop the Inventory database.

   On NetWare, at the Sybase console prompt, press the Q key.

   On Windows NT, in the Control Panel, double-click Services > select Novell Database - Sybase > click Stop.

   On Windows 2000, in the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools > double-click Services > select Novell Database - Sybase > click Stop.

4. If Java has not been unloaded on the target NetWare servers, unload JAVA.NLM (type java -exit).

   IMPORTANT:  This command stops all Java processes running on the server. Verify that all Java processes can be stopped while you are installing ZfS.

5. Log into the eDirectory tree if you want to:

   • Reinstall the Server Inventory components on NetWare servers.
   • Reinstall the Inventory server or the Inventory database component on Windows NT/2000 servers.
   • If you want to reinstall Proxy Service along with other Server Inventory or Policy and Distribution Services components to different servers residing on different eDirectory trees, log into the tree having the server where you want to install the other Server Inventory or the Policy and Distribution components.

   Make sure that the eDirectory trees having servers where you want to reinstall the Inventory server or the Inventory database components have the ZfS 3 schema extended.

6. Make sure you have authenticated to the target Windows servers or a domain containing target Windows servers.

   This will enable you to select Windows servers for installing the ZfS software.

7. Continue with Reinstalling Server Inventory .

Reinstalling Server Inventory

To reinstall Server Inventory components, see Installing Server Inventory on NetWare and Windows Servers .

Determining if Reinstalling Server Inventory Was Successful

To determine if your reinstallation of Server Inventory was successful:

1. After the Installation Wizard has finished, review the installation log file to determine whether any components failed to install.

2. If necessary, rerun the Installation Wizard.

   Select only the components that failed to install.

3. Click Exit to close the main installation program.

4. If you re-installed to fix a file missing or file corruption problem, check to see if the problem has been fixed that required you to re-install ZfS.