2.0 System Requirements

ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 Appliance (ZENworks Appliance) is a 64-bit (x86-64) virtual machine. The following sections provide the requirements for deploying ZENworks Appliance to a virtual infrastructure:

Table 2-1 ZENworks Appliance Requirements

Item

Requirements

Hypervisor

  • VMware ESX Server version 3.5 Update 4

  • VMware ESXi Server version 4

  • VMware ESXi Server version 4 Update 1

Virtual Machine Configuration

ZENworks Appliance requires the following minimum configuration that have been preconfigured by default:

  • RAM: 4 GB minimum

  • Disk Space: 50 GB minimum

    You can increase the disk space after deploying ZENworks Appliance. For more information, see Section 3.3, Post-Deployment Tasks.

  • Display resolution: 1024 × 768 with 256 colors minimum

Hostname Resolution

The server must resolve device hostnames, or some features in ZENworks do not work properly.

Server names must support the DNS requirements, or the ZENworks login fails. Acceptable characters are the letters a-z (uppercase and lowercase), numbers, and the hyphen (-).

IP Address

The server must have a static IP address or a permanently leased DHCP address.

The installation hangs if it is trying to use a NIC that does not have an IP address bound to it.

Database

ZENworks Appliance is available with the embedded Sybase SQL Anywhere database. However, if you choose to use a database other than the embedded Sybase SQL Anywhere database, the other database must meet the database requirements.

For more information, see Database Requirements in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Installation Guide.

LDAP Directory

The LDAP directory requirements for ZENworks Appliance are same as those of a ZENworks 10 Configuration Management system.

For more information, see LDAP Directory Requirements in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Installation Guide.

Administration Browser

The administration browser requirements for ZENworks Appliance are same as those of a ZENworks 10 Configuration Management system.

For more information, see Administration Browser Requirements in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Installation Guide.

NOTE:If a Primary Server is behind a NAT firewall, the devices on the Internet or public network cannot communicate with it.