Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - 07-20-2009, Installation Manual

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Setting Up Managed Devices
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Setting Up Managed Devices
Before a workstation or server can be managed by ZENworks Linux Management, it must have the
ZENworks Agent installed and be registered in the Management Zone.
The following sections provide setup instructions:
Š Section 7.1, “Installing ZENworks Linux Management on SLES 10 IA 64,” on page 53
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Section 7.2, “Installing the ZENworks Agent and Registering the Device,” on page 54
Š Section 7.3, “Setting Up the Open Enterprise Server 1 after Installing ZENworks Linux
Management,” on page 57
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Section 7.4, “Enabling Dell PowerEdge Support,” on page 59
For more information about creating a ZENworks Agent ISO image or media and automating
installation of the ZENworks Agent, see
Appendix VI, “Appendixes,” on page 115 .
7.1 Installing ZENworks Linux Management on
SLES 10 IA 64
1 Back up the
/bin/rpm
file by using the
cp /bin/rpm /bin/rpm.bak
command.
2
Change the security level preference to None by using the
rug set security-level none
command.
For more information, see “
rug (1) ” in the Novell ZENworks 7.27.3 Linux Management
Administration Guide .
3 Open any text editor and create an install script
ia64_72IR2_Install.sh
with the following
information:
if [ ! -f /bin/rpm.orig/rpm ];then
mkdir -p /bin/rpm.orig
mv /bin/rpm /bin/rpm.orig
fi
echo "/bin/rpm.orig/rpm --nosignature \$*" > /bin/rpm
chmod +x /bin/rpm
4 Save the install script file and exit the editor.
5 Run the install script by using the
sh ia64_72IR2_Install.sh
command.
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Install ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management with IR2on the managed device. For more
information on how to install, see
Section 7.2, “Installing the ZENworks Agent and Registering
the Device,” on page 54 .
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Restore the
rpm.bak
file by using the
mv /bin/rpm.bak /bin/rpm
command.