As ZENworks aims to adopt a more robust and flexible architecture, and to align itself with the Micro Focus standards, some enhancements have been introduced to the Install and Upgrade process in the ZENworks 2020 Update 2 release. The changes introduced in this release are as follows:
Before upgrading or installing ZENworks 2020 Update 2 on a Linux Primary Server, you are required to install Docker and Docker Compose on the server. For more information, see the following:
After upgrading to ZENworks 2020 Update 2 on a Windows, Appliance or a Linux Primary Server, the ZENworks Server data such as MSIs, RPMs, logs, and configuration files that were earlier in the Novell file path will be moved to the new Micro Focus file path.
For example, on a Linux server, the configuration files that were earlier in: /etc/opt/novell/zenworks will now be available in /etc/opt/microfocus/zenworks. Similarly, on a Windows server, the configuration files that were earlier in: C:\Program Files(x86)\Novell\ZENworks\conf will now be available in C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\ZENworks\conf
The ZENworks agent related files and data will be retained in the old Novell location.
After upgrading to ZENworks 2020 Update 2 on a Windows, Appliance or a Linux Primary Server, certain ZENworks server services such as ZENServer service, ZENLoader service and ZENJoinProxy service, will be renamed from Novell to Micro Focus. For example, on a Linux server, novell-zenserver.service will be renamed to microfocus-zenserver.service.
For a Windows server, a new environment variable %ZENSERVER_HOME% has been introduced that will point to the Server installation location for non default path as well( C:\Program Files(x86)\Micro Focus\ZENworks.)
This environment variable should not be created or modified during an upgrade or update process.
If you have freshly installed ZENworks 2020 Update 2, then by default, TLS1.2 will be enabled in the zone and when you try to register devices with Microsoft .NET version older than 4.7, then the device registration fails. However, the agent will be installed on the device.
If you are upgrading an existing zone to ZENworks 2020 Update 2, TLS1.2 will not be enabled by default. If you are enabling TLS 1.2 in the zone, then some of the features might not work as expected and ensure that you install Microsoft .NET 4.7 on all the devices in the zone.
If you have enabled TLS1.2 in the zone, then to register the device, the device should be installed with Microsoft .NET 4.7.