Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - NETWORK DISCOVERY DATABASE STRUCTURE, System Administration Manual

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NOTE: This scenario has been tested on the following platform combinations:
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Windows Server* 2003 (32-bit) to Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
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Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 (32-bit) to SLES 10 (32-bit)
It has not been tested with ZENworks Reporting Server.
This scenario is not supported on Windows to Linux and vice-versa platform combinations.
1
Take a reliable backup of the existing ZENworks Server.
For detail information on how to take a backup of the ZENworks Server, see
Section 10.1,
“Backing Up a ZENworks Server,” on page 119 .
2 Take a reliable backup of the Certificate Authority of the Primary Server.
For detail information on how to take a backup of the Certificate Authority, see
Section 10.3,
“Backing Up the Certificate Authority,” on page 121 .
3 (Conditional) Take a reliable backup of database in any of the following scenarios:
Š You are using an internal ZENworks database (embedded Sybase SQL Anywhere).
Š
You are using an external database installed on the device hosting the Primary Server and
you do not plan to use the device after uninstalling the Primary Server.
For detailed information on how to take a backup of an internal database, see Section 34.3,
“Backing Up the Embedded Sybase SQL Anywhere Database,” on page 295 .
To take a backup of an external database, see the documentation for the database.
4 Stop all the ZENworks services on the Primary Server.
For detailed information on how to stop the ZENworks services on Windows, see
Section 6.1.3, “Stopping a ZENworks Service,” on page 72 . For detailed information on how to
stop the ZENworks services on Linux, see Section 6.2.3, “Stopping the ZENworks Services,”
on page 74
5 Take a reliable backup of the
content-repo
directory of the Primary Server.
The
content-repo
directory is located in the
ZENworks_installation_directory \work\
directory on Windows and in the
/var/opt/novell/zenworks/
directory on Linux.
6 Disconnect the device from the network.
7
Ensure that the hostname and the IP address of the new server are same as those of the old
Primary Server.
8 Install ZENworks 10 Configuration Management on the new server with the same
Management Zone name and ports as that of the old Primary Server.
For detailed information on how to install ZENworks 10 Configuration Management, see
“
Installing the ZENworks Server ” in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Installation
Guide .
9 Do the following on the new Primary Server:
9a
Restore the backed-up ZENworks Server.
For detailed information on how to restore the ZENworks Server, see
Section 10.2,
“Restoring a ZENworks Server,” on page 120 .
9b Restore the backed-up Certificate Authority.