Novell ZENWORKS 10 Server Installation Guide

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ZENworks Reporting Server Installation Guide

ZENworks® 10 Configuration Management SP3

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ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Reporting Server Installation Guide

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4 ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Reporting Server Installation Guide

Contents

About This Guide 7

1 Minimum Requirements 9

1.1 ZENworks Reporting Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Installation User Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 Installing ZENworks Reporting Server 11

2.1 Understanding What the ZENworks Installation Does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2 Preinstallation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2.1 Verifying That the Minimum Requirements Have Been Met . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.2.2 Decommissioning an Existing Instance of ZENworks Reporting Server . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.2.3 Meeting the Hostname and Network Requirements in Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2.4 Creating an Installation DVD from the ISO Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2.5 Installing and Configuring the Oracle Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.3 Installing ZENworks Reporting Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.3.1 Installation Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.4 Working With a Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.4.1 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.4.2 Specifying the Firewall Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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3 Uninstalling ZENworks Reporting Server 21

3.1 Uninstalling ZENworks Reporting Server in the GUI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.2 Uninstalling ZENworks Reporting Server in the Command Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.3 Uninstalling ZENworks Reporting Server in the Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.4 Uninstalling ZENworks Reporting Server by Using Windows Add or Remove Programs . . . . 22

A Troubleshooting ZENworks Reporting Server Installation 23

A.1 ZENworks Reporting Server Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

A.2 ZENworks Reporting Server Troubleshooting Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

B Documentation Updates 29

B.1 April 30, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

B.2 March 30, 2010: SP3 (10.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Contents 5

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About This Guide

This Reporting Server Installation Guide includes information to help you successfully install

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Novell
information in this guide is organized as follows:

Audience

This guide is intended for ZENworks Reporting Server administrators.

ZENworks® 10 Configuration Management SP3 ZENworks Reporting Server. The

 Chapter 1, “Minimum Requirements,” on page 9

 Chapter 2, “Installing ZENworks Reporting Server,” on page 11

 Chapter 3, “Uninstalling ZENworks Reporting Server,” on page 21

 Appendix A, “Troubleshooting ZENworks Reporting Server Installation,” on page 23

 Appendix B, “Documentation Updates,” on page 29

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that you can use to learn about and implement the product. For additional documentation, see the

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documentation/zcm10/).

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8 ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Reporting Server Installation Guide

1

Minimum Requirements

The ZENworks® 10 Configuration Management SP3 ZENworks Reporting Server installation
installs ZENworks Reporting Server for custom ZENworks infrastructure reporting.

The following sections provide the minimum hardware and software requirements for ZENworks
Reporting Server:

 Section 1.1, “ZENworks Reporting Server Requirements,” on page 9

 Section 1.2, “Installation User Requirements,” on page 10

1.1 ZENworks Reporting Server Requirements

ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 Primary Server must be installed before installing
ZENworks Reporting Server. The server where you install ZENworks Reporting Server software
must meet the following minimum requirements:

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Item Requirements Additional Details

Operating System Windows*:

 Windows Server 2003 SP1 / SP2

x86, x86-64 (Enterprise and
Standard editions)

 Windows Server 2008 SP1 / SP2

x86, x86-64 (Enterprise and
Standard editions)

Linux*:

 SUSE

 Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES

 Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2)

Hardware RAM: 3 GB minimum

Disk Space: 5.6 GB minimum

TCP Ports 3306 Used by the MySQL* database

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Linux Enterprise Server
10 (SLES 10) SP1 / SP2 / SP3
x86, x86-64 (Intel* and AMD*
Opteron* processors)

Linux) x86, x86-64

SP1 / SP2 (Linux) x86, x86-64

All the Core and Data Center Editions
of Windows Server 2003 and Windows
Server 2008 are not supported as
Primary Server platforms. Windows
Server 2008 Core is not supported
because it does not support the .NET
Framework.

IMPORTANT: ZENworks Reporting
Server is currently not supported on
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and
Windows Server 2008 R2 even though
the ZENworks Primary Server is
supported on SLES 11 and Windows
Server 2008 R2. For more information,
see TID 7004794 at Novell Support

web site (http://www.novell.com/
support/microsites/microsite.do).

embedded in ZENworks Reporting
Server

6400 Used by the Central Management

Server in ZENworks Reporting Server

6410 Used by the Server Intelligence Agent

in ZENworks Reporting Server

Minimum Requirements

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