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Agent Requirements

Agent for Windows 

Local or Domain Administrator or Administrator equivalent 

Microsoft® Windows® Installer 2.0 (or higher)

500 MHz Processor or higher

256 MB RAM 

200 MB of free disk space for agent installation 

Sufficient free disk space to download and install patches (varies dependent upon size of patch) 

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher (Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher if using SSL) 

Network connectivity to your ZENworks Patch Management Server (6.3 or higher) 

 

 

Agent for Linux, UNIX, Mac, and Netware

Superuser privileges on the target machine 

Minimum 2 MB of free disk space for agent installation

Network connectivity to your ZENworks Patch Management Server (6.3 or higher)

Sufficient free disk space to download and install patches (varies dependent upon size of patch)

Presence of 

/tmp

 directory (

/var/tmp

 directory on Solaris) for temporary file storage and 

processing.

 

 

Warning: 

The install (and uninstall) must be done by a Administrator or Administrator 

equivalent. 

Note: 

 Windows 2000 computers require Service Pack 1 

 

Windows NT 4.0 computers require Service Pack 6a 

Warning: 

The install (and uninstall) must be done by the root user (superuser).

Warning: 

There must be no whitespaces (such as a space, tab, or newline character) in 

the absolute path of the installation directory.

Summary of Contents for ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT 6.3 - S

Page 1: ...Release Notes ZENworks Patch Management Server 6 3...

Page 2: ...names and products mentioned in this document if any may be either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners Feedback Your feedback lets us know if we are meeting your documentati...

Page 3: ...ps network connection with access to the Internet Supported Operating Systems Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server is supported on the following Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web...

Page 4: ...rver 2005 Enterprise Edition with SP1 MSDE 2000 with SP4 Upgrade only SQL Server 2000 with SP4 Upgrade only Table 0 1 ZENworks Patch Management Server Software Requirements Internet Server Microsoft I...

Page 5: ...h SP1 Contact Novell Professional Services Database Server SQL 2005 Express SQL 2005 Express SQL 2005 Express SQL 2005 Express Processor 1 2 4 GHz 1 Pentium 4 1 Dual Core Non Xeon 2 Dual Core Xeon RAM...

Page 6: ...vileges on the target machine Minimum 2 MB of free disk space for agent installation Network connectivity to your ZENworks Patch Management Server 6 3 or higher Sufficient free disk space to download...

Page 7: ...1 4 0 32 bit HP UX 11 00 11 23 All 64 bit PA RISC 64 bit 1 4 0 32 64 bit IBM AIX 5 1 5 3 All 32 64 bit PowerPC POWER 32 64 bit 1 4 0 32 64 bit Microsoft Windows 9x 98 Second Edition All 32 bit x86 32...

Page 8: ...r 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP1 Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 Minimum Installation Requirements 512 MB...

Page 9: ...2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition...

Page 10: ...Minimum of 50 MB of Disk Space 1 GHz Processor or higher The actual RAM and disk space requirements will vary depending upon the size of the imported patches Other Requirements Novell ZENworks Patch M...

Page 11: ...iles smaller than a certain size Bandwidth throttling is not enabled by default Both Discover Applicable Updates DAU and Refresh Inventory Data RID processes are handled by the agent rather than the Z...

Page 12: ...l but not Superseded vulnerabilities filter value is added to the Impact drop down list on the Vulnerabilities page Static user interface elements are localizable following the standard ASP NET patter...

Page 13: ...ENworks Patch Management Server to use when communicating with the subscription network Administrators can provide user name and password credentials for the ZENworks Patch Management Server to use in...

Page 14: ...atchlink Update Agent may not display in Inventory Software list Novell Diagnostic Tool yields PatchLink errors when validating Single Agent installer did not uninstall agent from Windows NT Discovery...

Page 15: ...rnal Server Errors when multiple uses Remote Desktop into ZENworks Patch Management Server Changing the agent uniqueness validation setting from Device Name to Instanced does not force existing duplic...

Page 16: ...s Version number not included in Installer Inventory Hardware may list devices with multiple CD ROM types Cancel of agent uninstall during Gathering Information may not restart agent The Inventory ite...

Page 17: ...Tool The product version is not included on the Add Remove Programs page To use the Content Update Tool the user account must have a password User accounts without a password are unable to connect wit...

Page 18: ...c 1800 South Novell Place Provo UT 84606 www novell com phone 800 858 4000 PatchLink Corporation 1997 2006 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED U S Patent No 6 990 660 02_014N ZENworks Patch Management Server 6 3 Rele...

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