Specific Hardware and Software Requirements for Workstation Inventory

The following requirements must be met for full Workstation Inventory functionality:

Platform Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements

NetWare® 4.x or 5.x servers

  • NetWare 4.x with Support Pack 8 or later installed, or NetWare 5.x with Support Pack 4 or later installed. See Obtaining NetWare Support Packs for more information.
  • 128 MB RAM.
  • 45 MB for inventory with a database, 35 MB for inventory.
  • Availability of a NetWare volume other than \SYS:.
  • Valid IP address and IP Services installed.
  • Java* Virtual Machine (JVM) shipped with the ZfD Companion CD. See Obtaining and Installing the JVM.
  • On a NetWare 4.x server, install JVM and then install VisiBroker shipped with the ZfD Companion CD. Run the ORB.EXE to install VisiBroker on a NetWare 4.x server.
  • Long name space installed.

Windows NT*/2000 servers

  • Windows NT 4.0 with Support Pack 4 or later installed.
  • NDS® for NT 8 or later installed or NDS eDirectoryTM 8.34.
  • Ensure that you have installed the Management Utilities when installing NDS on Windows NT/2000. The Management Utilities shares the existing NDS default directory as SYS. To install Workstation Inventory, this SYS share directory should exist.
  • You must log in to the Windows NT/2000 server as an administrator or with administrator rights.
  • You must run the installation program from a Windows NT or a Windows 2000 server or workstation. The installation program assigns rights to the scan directory (\SCANDIR) and loads Sybase* and Service Manager as services.

Inventory database server

Database requirements:

  • Sybase ASA 7.0.0.313
  • Oracle* version on NetWare 4.x: 8.0.4.2.0, on NetWare 5.x servers: 8.0.4.2.0, 8i or higher
  • Oracle version on Windows NT/2000 servers: 8.1.5

HINT:  If you want to install the Inventory database on a different version of Oracle, the Inventory database schema should be regenerated. Contact Novell® Technical ServicesSM for more information.

Hard disk requirements:

  • Recommended minimum hard disk space on a lowest level server with 10,000 workstations is 1 GB.
  • The minimum hard disk space on the topmost level server (Root Server) is 20 GB.
  • Depending on the number of workstations attached, the hard disk size may vary from 1 GB to 20 GB.

RAM requirements:

  • Recommended minimum memory on the database is 256 MB. 512 MB or higher is recommended at the Root Server level with a cache size of 256 MB.

Windows 95/98 workstation

Novell Client TM version 3.3 shipped with the ZENworks for Desktops product CD. See Obtaining and Installing Novell Clients.

Windows NT/2000 workstation

Novell Client version 4.8 shipped with the ZENworks for Desktops product CD See Obtaining and Installing Novell Clients.

For IPX-only workstations, NetBeui should be installed on the workstations.