Novell ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT 6.3

Release Notes

ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3

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ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3 - Release Notes

Release Notes

Server Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for Novell ZENworks Patch Management vary depending upon the

number of nodes you manage. As the node count increases, so do the requirements. The

following, minimum hardware requirements, will support up to 250 nodes:

A single 1.4 GHz Pentium or equivalent processor

512 MB RAM

36 GB of available disk space

A single 100 Mbps 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 Edition with SP1

Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition with SP1

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with SP1

Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

Note: For optimal performance please refer to the settings defined under “Recommended

Configuration”.

Warning: Do not install the server software on a Primary Domain Controller (PDC).

Installation onto a PDC is not supported in this release of Novell ZENworks Patch

Management.

Release Notes

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Other Software Requirements

Your Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server must be a clean OS installation with only the

following software installed:

Supported Database Servers

Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server is supported on the following database servers:

Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with SP1

SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition with SP1

SQL Server 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® Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0

.NET Framework

1.1 SP1 and 2.0 (both versions are required)

Internet Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

Note: Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server installs SQL Server 2005 Express

Edition with SP1 during installation. Therefore, you must not have any database server

installed prior to the installation of Novell ZENworks Patch Management.

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ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3 - Release Notes

Recommended Configuration

Compatible Products

The following Novell products are compatible with Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.3:

Table 0.2 Novell ZENworks Patch Management Recommended Configuration

Number of

Nodes < 1000 <2,500 <5,000 <10,000 > 10,000

Operating

System

Windows Server

2003, Web

Edition with SP1

Windows Server

2003, Web

Edition with SP1

Windows Server

2003, Standard

Edition with SP1

Windows Server

2003, Standard

Edition with 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 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB

Storage 1 - 36 GB Hard

Drive

1 - 72 GB Hard

Drive

2 - 144 GB Hard

Drives

4 - 144 GB Hard

Drives

Note: Refer to the Novell Support Web site (www.novell.com/support) for additional

configuration recommendations.

Table 0.3 Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.3 Compatible Products

Product Name Minimum

Version

Agent Management Center 6.3

Cisco Network Admission Control 6.3

Content Update Tool 6.3

Patch Developers Kit 6.3

Remote Execution Service 6.3

Scanner Integration Module 6.3

Release Notes

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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.

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ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3 - Release Notes

Agent Supported Operating Systems

The following table lists the supported platforms on which the ZENworks Patch Management Agent

6.3 is supported.

Table 0.4 ZENworks Patch Management Agent 6.3 Supported Platforms

Operating

System

Versions OS Edition OS Data

Width

Processor

Family

Processor

Data

Width

Min.

JRE

JRE Data

Width

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 -

10.4.7

All 32/64 bit x386(Intel)/

PowerPC

32/64 bit 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 bit NA NA

Microsoft

Windows NT

4.0 SP6A -

2003 R2

All 32/64 bit x86 32/64 bit NA NA

Microsoft

Windows XP

XP - XP SP2 Professional * 32/64 bit x86 32/64 bit NA NA

Novell Netware 6.5 All 32 bit x86 32 bit 1.3.0+ 32 bit

Novell SUSE

Linux

9 - 10 Enterprise 32 bit x86 32 bit 1.4.0+ 32 bit

Red Hat Linux 2.1 - 4 Enterprise

AS, ES, WS

32 bit x86 32 bit 1.4.0+ 32 bit

Sun Solaris 2.6 - 10 All 32/64 bit SPACR 32/64 bit 1.4.0+ 32/64 bit

* (excludes Home, Media Center and Tablet PC)

Release Notes

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Upgrading to ZENworks Patch Management 6.3

To Upgrade to Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.3

•Refer to the Novell Knowledgebase for detailed upgrade instructions

•Following the upgrade to ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3, you must update your

existing agents. This can be done by manually installing the ZENworks Patch Management

Agent 6.3 or by deploying a Novell provided .plf (Vulnerability) from the Vulnerabilities

page within ZENworks Patch Management Server.

Agent Management Center Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

The AMC is supported on the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition with SP1

Windows Server 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 of RAM

200 MB of Free Disk Space (During Installation)

100 MB of Disk Space (After Installation)

Local / Domain Administrator or Administrator Equivalent

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) Processor

Warning: Refer to the “Compatible Products”section of this document when planning

your upgrade to ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3. If you have an unsupported

product installed, please contact Novell support prior to upgrading your server.

Note: Depending upon the Operating System, the Agent 6.3 upgrade may not report as

applicable to all of your agents. If your agent does not display as applicable, deploy the

patch via the Vulnerabilities > Packages page.

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ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3 - Release Notes

Supported Agent Operating Systems

The AMC will install the ZENworks Patch Management Agent on the following platforms:

Distribution Point Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

•Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition

• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

• Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

• Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

Hardware and Software Requirements

•256 MB RAM

•5 GB of available disk space

•A LAN connection

• Microsoft® Windows XP Professional

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 edition

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

• Microsoft Windows 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

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition

Note: Additional OS support details available from http://httpd.apache.org/

Note: Refer to http://httpd.apache.org/ for additional details.

Release Notes

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Content Update Tool Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

The ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.3 is supported on the following Operating Systems:

•Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Standard Edition with SP1

•Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP1

Hardware Requirements

•512 MB of RAM *

•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 Management Server 6.3

•An active network connection to your Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server

•Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0

•Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

•Local / Domain Administrator or Administrator equivalent

•Administrator (Admin) rights to Novell ZENworks Patch Management

•An active Internet Connection

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