Server Management is administered using eDirectory objects. Therefore, Server Management requires that eDirectory be installed somewhere in your network. If you have NetWare in your network, you already have eDirectory available.
If you have more than one eDirectory tree in your network, decide which tree you want to use for managing the ZENworks Server Management objects, which are created in the tree you select for Server Management installation.
However, for ease of management, you can create a dedicated “ZENworks” tree for installing and managing ZENworks objects. For more information on how ZENworks Desktop Management uses a dedicated ZENworks tree, see Using a ZENworks Tree
in the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Administration Guide.
IMPORTANT:If you have Desktop Management installed to a dedicated ZENworks tree, you must use that same tree for Server Management if you intend to create Desktop Application Distributions.
In you have a non-NetWare network, eDirectory only needs to be installed on one Windows, Linux, or Solaris server.
Do the following to meet the eDirectory requirement:
Where you need to fulfill the eDirectory requirement, the minimum version required by Server Management depends on the platform and which version of eDirectory you have installed.
For all supported NetWare, Windows 2000 Server, Linux, and Solaris server platforms, the following applies:
If eDirectory 8.6.x is installed: Only version 8.6.2 is supported.
If eDirectory 8.7.x is installed: Only versions 8.7.1 and 8.7.3 or later are supported.
Version 8.7.3 for Windows is provided on the Novell ZENworks 7 with Support Pack 1 Companion 1 CD.
For a Windows Server 2003 server (such as in a Windows-centric network), to install eDirectory on that platform, it must be version 8.7.3 or later in order for Server Management to work with that server.
To determine whether you have eDirectory installed, or which version is installed:
On a NetWare server’s console prompt, enter:
version
or
modules ds
The version of eDirectory is displayed with other information.
On a Windows server, click > > .
Select .
Scroll to view the eDirectory entry, which displays its version.
On a Linux or Solaris server, run ndsstat.
The ndsstat utility displays information related to eDirectory servers, such as the eDirectory tree name, the fully distinguished server name, and the eDirectory version. In the following example, eDirectory 8.7.1 is the product version (marketing string), and 10510.65 is the binary version (internal build number).
osg-dt-srv17:/>ndsstat Tree Name: SNMP-HPUX-RASH Server Name: .CN=osg-dt-srv17.O=novell.T=SNMP-HPUX-RASH. Binary Version: 10510.65 Root Most Entry Depth: 0 Product Version: NDS/UNIX - NDS eDirectory v8.7.1 [DS]
For information on running ndsstat, see its man page (ndsstat.1m).
If version 8.6.2 or 8.7.1 or later is not installed on a NetWare server, see your eDirectory documentation for instructions on upgrading a NetWare server to version 8.7.1 or 8.7.3.
If version 8.6.2, 8.7.1, or 8.7.3 or later is not installed a Windows 2000/2003 server (where needed), and you need to install or upgrade eDirectory:
Novell eDirectory must be licensed. You can download the files you need for the eDirectory 8.7.x evaluation license from the Novell eDirectory 8.7.x Evaluation License Download Web site. Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 for Windows that is on the Novell ZENworks 7 with Support Pack 1 Companion 1 CD includes a licensing wizard that prompts for these files during installation.
For more information about purchasing or upgrading eDirectory, see Novell eDirectory.
On the main installation menu, click > , which asks you to load the Companion 1 CD and then proceeds to unzip the eDirectory installation files.
IMPORTANT:When you are prompted to accept an extraction location (the default is c:\docume~1\admini~1\locals~1\temp), this \temp directory might contain many files. Therefore, add to the path something similar to \Temp\eDirInstall so that you can easily locate the setup.exe file for installing eDirectory.
Follow the installation program’s instructions.
You are asked for the evaluation license that you downloaded in Step 1.
If you need to install Novell Certificate Server™ and LDAP as part of eDirectory on an inventory server, see Novell Product Documentation for instructions.
If version 8.6.2, 8.7.1, or 8.7.3 or later is not installed a Windows 2000/2003 server (where needed), and you need to install or upgrade eDirectory:
See the eDirectory documentation Web site.
Under the Installation Guide heading, click:
Follow the instructions.