If you have a large number of workstations already associated with ZfD2 policies, you can continue to use these same policies in ZfD3. The majority of ZfD2 policies are unchanged for ZfD3, but the Policy packages have changed (see New Features in Workstation/Policy Management), so the Policy packages must be migrated.
You can migrate the legacy policies by using the ZfD3 Migrate Legacy Policy Packages tool.
To use the tool:
From ConsoleOne, click the container where the ZfD2 legacy policies reside.
Click Tools > ZENworks Utilities > Migrate Legacy Policy Packages.
From the Migrate Policy Packages dialog box, confirm the context of the container you have selected > click OK.
HINT: You can preview what the migration utility will do to your legacy policy package without affecting your legacy policies by checking the Preview Only check box.
For more information about the Policy Package Migration tool, see Migrating ZENworks 2 Policies.
After you migrate a Policy package, it will be necessary to migrate the inventory policies. Migrating ZfD2 inventory policies imports ZfD2 policy settings for associated workstations to ZfD3.
To migrate ZfD2 inventory policies:
In ConsoleOne, click the Inventory Service object to which the workstations are attached.
You must select an Inventory Service object that supports the role of an inventory server.
Click Tools > Inventory Policy Migration.
Specify the following options:
Server Address IP/DNS: If your ZfD2 inventory server is a NetWare 4.x server, specify the Server Address.
NDS Search Context: Specify the context for searching the Workstation Inventory object. By default, this tool will search the Workstation object in the current root context.
Click Find.
If any ZfD2 inventory policies are found, these policies are listed in the Reports window.
Click Migrate.
All the listed inventory policies will be migrated. From the Report window, you can see the list of the inventory policies that were migrated.
To ensure that the migration is successful, open the inventory policy in ZfD3.
In ConsoleOne, double-click the Inventory Service object for which you have migrated the policies > click the Workstation Inventory Policy tab. You will see the same inventory settings as specified in ZfD2.