Pre-Upgrade Considerations
Before you upgrade Server Inventory to ZENworks 6.5 Server Management either using the Program CD or the Server Software Package, review the facts in the following sections:
Inventory Server
- ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory servers can roll up the inventory data to a ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Inventory server, but a ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Inventory server cannot roll up the inventory data to a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory server.
- Server Inventory in ZENworks 6.5 Server Management supports backward compatibility with ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory servers residing on the same Novell eDirectory tree.
- ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory servers must be upgraded to ZENworks 6.5 Server Management in a top-down order. If you perform roll-up of your inventory data, the root server must be upgraded first, then the intermediate servers, and lastly the leaf servers.
- A ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Inventory server cannot send its inventory data to a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory server.
- A ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Inventory server can process the .str files of the ZENworks for Servers 3.x inventoried servers. The ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory agents can send the inventory data to a ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Inventory server.
- A ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Inventory server can process the .zip files of the ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory servers.
- The ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory server and a ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Inventory server can use a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Roll-Up policy that has been migrated to ZENworks 6.5 Server Management.
- Upgrading a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory server to ZENworks 6.5 Server Management does not change the role of the Inventory server.
- You can use ZENworks 6.5 Server Management ConsoleOne snap-ins to administer both ZENworks for Servers 3.x and ZENworks 6.5 inventory data and inventory objects (such as Inventory Service object, database objects, Server Inventory policy, Roll-Up policy and Database Location policy).
- The ZENworks 6.5 Server Inventory installation program automatically upgrades an existing ZENworks for Servers 3.x and ConsoleOne snap-ins to ZENworks 6.5. For more information on installing ZENworks 6.5 Server Inventory, see Policy-Enabled Server Management Installation.
- Do not delete the ZENworks for Servers 3.x .str and .zip files in a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory server's SCANDIR and its sub-directories after you've upgraded the Inventory server to ZENworks 6.5.
- Do not have a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory server and a ZENworks 6.5 Inventory server store inventory data directly to the same Inventory database.
Management Console
- You can use ZENworks 6.5 Server Management ConsoleOne snap-ins to administer both ZENworks for Servers 3.x and ZENworks 6.5 inventory data and inventory objects (such as Inventory Service object, database objects, Server Inventory policy, Roll-Up policy, Dictionary Update policy, and Database Location policy).
- You cannot use the ZENworks for Servers 3.x ConsoleOne snap-ins to administer ZENworks 6.5 Server Management inventory data and inventory objects.
- Do not use both ZENworks for Servers 3.x and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management consoles to configure the same ZENworks for Servers 3.x Inventory objects.