40.3 Interoperability Among ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, ZENworks 7 Server Management, and Earlier ZENworks Versions

40.3.1 Interoperability Among ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, ZENworks 7 Server Management, and the Earlier ZENworks Versions Installed on a Single Server

The following ZENworks versions or combinations of ZENworks versions might exist on a particular server where you want Inventory for both ZENworks 7 Server Management and ZENworks 7 Desktop Management to be running on the same server:

You can first upgrade or install either ZENworks 7 Server Management or ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, then later upgrade or install the other. Then Inventory will be interoperable between ZENworks 7 Server Management and ZENworks 7 Desktop Management.

For more information about:

40.3.2 Interoperability Among ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, ZENworks 7 Server Management, and Earlier ZENworks Versions Installed on Multiple Servers

In this scenario, there are five Leaf Servers: A, B, C, D, and E, on which the following versions of ZENworks are installed:

Table 40-1 Scenario Data: Summary of ZENworks Installations and Versions on Various Servers

Leaf Server

Installed ZENworks Version

Leaf Server A

ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management

Leaf Server B

ZENworks 6.5 Server Management

Leaf Server C

ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management

Leaf Server D

ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2

Leaf Server E

ZENworks for Desktops 4.0.1

The Leaf Servers roll up the inventory information to a Root Server with ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management installed.

This scenario is depicted in the following figure;

Figure 40-12 Interoperability Among ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, ZENworks 7 Server Management, and Earlier ZENworks Versions Installed on Multiple Servers

Leaf Servers having different versions of ZENworks rolling up the inventory information to the Root Server having ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management.

To achieve interoperability Among ZENworks 7 Server Management, ZENworks Desktop 7 Management, and the earlier versions of ZENworks installed on multiple Inventory servers, you must install ZENworks 7 Desktop Management and ZENworks 7 Server Management on the Root Server.

For more information about installing ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, see Section III, Windows-Based Installation. For more information about installing ZENworks 7 Server Management, see the Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management Installation Guide.

This is illustrated in the following figure:

Figure 40-13 Root Server Upgraded from ZENworks 6.5 to ZENworks 7

Leaf Servers having different versions of ZENworks rolling up the inventory information to the Root Server having ZENworks 7 Desktop Management and ZENworks 7 Server Management.