18.3 Interoperability Between ZENworks 7 and the Earlier ZENworks Versions

18.3.1 Interoperability Between ZENworks 7 and 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 is interoperable between ZENworks 7 Server Management and ZENworks 7 Desktop Management.

For more information about:

18.3.2 Interoperability Among ZENworks 7 and Earlier ZENworks Versions Installed on Multiple Servers

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

Table 18-1 ZENworks Versions for Leaf 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 having ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management installed. This scenario is depicted in Figure 18-12:

Figure 18-12 Interoperability Between ZENworks 6.5 Desktop and Server Management and Older ZENworks Versions

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.

This is illustrated in Figure 18-13:

Figure 18-13 Interoperability Between ZENworks 7 Desktop and Server Management and Older ZENworks Versions

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.

For more information about installing ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, see the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Installation Guide. For more information about installing ZENworks 7 Server Management, see Section 6.0, Policy-Enabled Server Management Installation.