3.1 Preparing the ZENworks 11 SP4 Appliance for Migration

Complete the following steps to prepare the appliance for migration:

  1. Check the health of the Primary Server by using ZENworks Diagnostic Center (ZDC):

    1. Download the ZENworks Diagnostic Center to the appliance.

      The ZDC (ZENworksDiagnosticCenter.zip) file is available in the common\tools folders of the ZENworks 2017 ISO file. The ZIP file includes ZDC for ZENworks 2017 and earlier versions.

      Example: For ZENworks 11.4.3 Primary Servers, download the ZDC for version 11.4.3.

    2. Extract the ZENworksDiagnosticCenter.zip file to the appliance.

    3. Run the zdc command.

      For running the Diagnostic Center, see Running ZDC in the ZENworks Command Line Utilities Reference.

  2. Ensure that at least 20 GB of free space is available in the /vastorage disk for ZENworks 11 SP4 Appliance.

  3. (Conditional) If the ZENworks 11 SP4 Appliance hosts an embedded database, ensure that the size of the /vastorage/var/opt/novell/zenworks/database directory does not exceed 50G.

    To check the size of the database directory, run the du -sh /vastorage/var/opt/novell/zenworks/database command.

  4. Download and install the novell-zenworks-prereq-0.1-1.noarch.rpm file on the ZENworks 11 SP4 Appliance.

    For instructions on installing the RPM, refer to the readme included in the patch.

  5. Back up the Primary Server configuration files, the Primary Server’s content repository and the ZENworks databases if they reside on the appliance.

    (Optional) Take a snapshot of the appliance, and backup the Primary Server Configuration files, vastorage volume (disk), Primary Server’s content repository, and the database if they reside on the appliance.

    For more information, see ZENworks 2017 System Backup.

  6. Power off the ZENworks 11 SP4 Appliance.

  7. (Optional) If the ZENworks 11 SP4 Appliance was configured with an additional or external disk for content repository, then ensure that you mount the disk on the ZENworks 2017 Appliance.

    For example, /dev/sdb1 mounted to /var/opt/novell/zenworks

  8. Copy the ZENworks 11 SP4 Appliance virtual disk (vastorage).