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:
Installing ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, see Section III, Windows-Based Installation.
Upgrading ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, see Section VI, Upgrade.
Installing ZENworks 7 Server Management, see Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management Installation Guide.
Upgrading ZENworks 7 Server Management, see Upgrade
in the Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management Installation Guide.
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
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
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