February 29, 2008
After reviewing the information provided in this readme, you should start with the Getting Started Guide. The Getting Started Guide provides information about the ZENworks 7 Suite products, including important installation and upgrade information.
ZENworks 7 Suite with Support Pack 1 Release 3 (SP R3) includes updates to the following products:
Desktop Management Services on Linux: Includes new platform support. For more information, see “Installing ZENworks Desktop Management Services on Linux” in the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Installation Guide.
Personality Migration: Includes the Chinese version of Personality Migration and the support for migrating personality from Windows XP device to Windows Vista device, see the Novell ZENworks Personality Migration Release Impact Guide.
The following products have not changed in this release. They are the same versions as those included in Support Pack 1, Support Pack 1 Release 2, or Support Pack 1 Interim Release 1.
Desktop Management: Desktop Management has not changed in this release. For a detailed list of new features in ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 with Support Pack 1, and ZENworks 7 SP1 IR1, see “Upgrade” in the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Installation Guide.
Server Management:
Server Management has not changed in this release. For a detailed list of new features in ZENworks 7, ZENworks 7 with Support Pack 1, and ZENworks 7 SP1 IR1, see Upgrade
in the Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management Installation Guide.
Data Management: Data Management, powered by Novell iFolder® 2.1.7, has not changed from the Suite 7 Support Pack 1 release. For a list of enhancements from previous iFolder versions, see “What’s New” in the Novell iFolder 2.1 Installation and Administration Guide.
Asset Inventory: Asset Inventory has not changed from version 7.5 in the Suite 7 SP1 R2 release. For a list of enhancements from previous Asset Inventory versions, see the ZENworks 7.5 Asset Management Readme.
Handheld Management:
Handheld Management has not changed from the Suite 7 SP1 R2 release. For a detailed list of enhancements over the 7 SP1 release, see What's New in This Release
in Upgrade
in the Novell ZENworks 7 Handheld Management Installation Guide.
Instant Messenger: Instant Messenger has not changed from the version 2.0.2 release. For more information, see the Novell Instant Messenger 2.0.2 Readme.
Linux Management: Linux Management has not changed from the version 7.2 in the Suite 7 SP1 IR2 release. For a more detailed list of enhancements over previous versions, see “What’s New in ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management” in the Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Installation Guide.
Patch Management: Pach Management has not changed from Patchlink Update 6.3 in the Suite 7 SP1 R2 release. For a more detailed list of enhancements over previous versions, see “New Features” in the ZENworks Patch Management Readme.
Software Packaging: Software Packaging has not changed from the AdminStudio 8.0 ZENworks Edition in the Suite 7 SP1 R2 release. For a more detailed list of enhancements over previous versions, see the Novell ZENworks Personality Migration Release Impact Guide.
The issues in this section have been identified as being of interest to users of the ZENworks 7 Suite with SP1 R3 who plan to use other Novell products along with ZENworks.
The ZENworks 7 Suite with SP1 R3 supports Novell eDirectory 8.8x, with the exception of the encrypted attributes, a feature included in eDirectory 8.8.1, which is included on Companion CD 1 of this product.
For a description of known issues with ZENworks 7 SP1 R3, see the specific product Readmes located at the ZENworks 7 documentation Web site.
Additional resources for ZENworks information include:
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