10.1.1 Support for New Platforms as Servers

ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management lets you manage the following devices:

For more information, see Section 2.1, ZENworks Server Requirements.

10.1.2 Support for New Platforms as Managed Devices

ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management lets you manage the following devices:

For more information, see Section 2.3, Managed Device Requirements.

10.1.3 Cleaning Up Inactive Devices

You can configure the Cleanup schedule to remove the inactive or obsolete devices from the ZENworks Server. In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab, then click the Inactive Device Cleanup Schedule. The Inactive Device Cleanup Schedule page provides options to remove the obsolete devices. However, you cannot remove the inactive devices that are Primary Servers or Secondary Servers.

For more information on configuring the Cleanup schedule, see Cleaning Up Inactive Devices in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration Guide.

10.1.4 Setting Bundle Lock from the Server

The Bundle Lock feature allows you to lock the mandatory bundles on the managed devices from the ZENworks Linux Management server. The locked bundles can neither be removed nor upgraded from the managed devices. However, you can install them. The Bundle lock option is only available during the assignment of bundle or bundle groups to the managed devices.

10.1.5 Support for the Oracle 11g Release 1 Database

You can now install and configure Oracle 11g R1 as an external database on a new installation of ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management. For more information, see Section 3.3, Configuring Oracle 10g Release 2 or Oracle 11g Release 1 as a Remote Database Server.

You can also migrate ZENworks data from your Oracle 9i R2, Oracle 10g R2, or Oracle 11g R1 database to an Oracle 10g R2 or Oracle 11g R1 database if you have installed ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management.

For more information on installing the Oracle 11g Release 1 database, see Section 3.4, Migrating the Data from one Oracle Database to another Oracle DatabaseMigrating the Data from one Oracle Database to another Oracle Database.

10.1.6 System Preferences

The proxy-url preference is updated and the real-time-package-updates preference is newly added in ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management.

For more information on these preferences, see Editing System Preferences in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration Guide.

10.1.7 Adding a Third-Party Certificate

ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management, by default, uses a self-signed certificate for Web services to authenticate a server. You can generate or import your own SSL certificate by using the zlm-config --tomcat-certificate command.

For more information on how to generate and import the SSL certificate, see Section A.7, Adding a Third-Party Certificate.

10.1.8 Retaining the Bundle GUID while Mirroring Bundles

The zlmmirror command provides the -g switch during the mirroring process to retain the bundle GUID when mirroring bundles between ZENworks Linux Management Servers located in different management zones. By default, the bundles are created in the Bundles/zlmmirror directory.

This option is useful in case of migration of agents between ZENworks Linux Management Servers in different zones. The new assignments for the bundles installed are not enforced again on the agent after it is migrated. By default, the mirrored bundles are created in the /Bundles/zlmmirror directory on the ZENworks Linux Management local server.

For more information on retaining the bundle GUID while mirroring bundles, see Mirror Command in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration Guide.

10.1.9 Discover Operating System Support Pack Version

ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management provides support for the Inventory to discover the operating system support pack version in order to generate the reports or queries based on the support pack version.

For more information, see Reviewing Hardware (General) in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Administration Guide.