User manual NOVELL ZENWORKS PATCH MANAGEMENT 6.3 RELEASE NOTES

[. . . ] Feedback: Your feedback lets us know if we are meeting your documentation needs. E-mail the Technical Publications department at techpubs@patchlink. com to tell us what you like best, what you like least, and to report any inaccuracies. - ii - 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. 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) Note: For optimal performance please refer to the settings defined under "Recommended Configuration". Supported Operating Systems Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server is supported on the following Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows ServerTM 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 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. -1- Release Notes Other Software Requirements Your Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server must be a clean OS installation with only the following software installed: Table 0. 1 ZENworks Patch Management Server Software Requirements Internet Server . NET Framework Internet Browser Microsoft® Internet Information Services (IIS) 6. 0 1. 1 SP1 and 2. 0 (both versions are required) Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. x 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) Note: Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server installs SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with SP1 during installation. [. . . ] Pre-existing users, from an Active Directory domain, can be added by administrators providing the credentials for accessing an Active Directory domain and searching for users. Graphs displayed on the ZENworks Patch Management Server home page are moved to a separate page accessed from a link on the home page. A Critical 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 pattern. The default language (U. S English) is compiled into the main assembly with other locales being supported via satellite assemblies. The ZENworks Patch Management Server will use the user's browser settings when attempting to locate the appropriate localized resource string. The ZENworks Patch Management Server will follow a standard fallback hierarchy based off the user's preferred language until a matching resource is found if no localized resource matches any of the user's browser settings. Dates, numbers, and times are formatted and displayed in the user's preferred region and language as determined by the value returned by the browser. Internet Explorer responds based on the language order displayed in the Language Preferences selection screen. The default schedule runs a DAU every 26 hours if no account deployments, subscription replications, or manual DAU initiations have occurred. Administrators can disable the initiation of a DAU after the completion of a subscription replication event. The default setting runs the DAU after the completion of a subscription replication. ZENworks Patch Management Server group names can be provided that the agent should immediately join upon registration with the ZENworks Patch Management Server during agent installation. · · · · · · · - 10 - ZENworks Patch Management Server 6. 3 - Release Notes Security Enhancements · A Logout link is added to the header of the management console allowing users to logout of the system. Users are redirected to a page explaining they are logged out of the system and their security credentials are removed from both the server and client side caches once this link is clicked. Note: Clearing client-side credentials is only available in Internet Explorer. A Change Password wizard is added enabling a user to change the password associated with the account they use to login to the ZENworks Patch Management Server . The ZENworks Patch Management Server authenticates with the subscription network using PatchLink's modified Diffie-Hellman key negotiation mechanism. Data sent between the ZENworks Patch Management Server and the subscription network will be encrypted using PatchLink's modified AES encryption mechanism using RSA libraries. Administrators can enable SSL for all communication between the ZENworks Patch Management Server and the subscription network. Administrators can enable bandwidth throttling, and when enabled, set the maximum amount of bandwidth (in kilobytes per second) used to communicate with the subscription network. Administrators can specify a proxy server for the ZENworks 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 the event that the proxy server requires authentication. [. . . ] Patch Management Server may have issues detecting the agent as patched when first changing from the 6. 2 server to the 6. 3 server · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · - 13 - Release Notes · · · · · · · · · · · When installing the Agent on a machine using Windows XP Traditional Chinese, there may be an issue with the DAgent process and the information posting to Patch Management Server May receive an error message when applying new agent proxy information Reboot notification may not display when deploying packages to devices that are using the First Policy Agent Policy Users may receive an error message when attempting to deploy from the Vulnerabilities or Packages page Users may have encountered errors when attempting to select more than 2000 characters x64. msi installer installs all files in C:\Program Files (x86) directory instead of c:\Program Files directory Corresponding headings for Agent Installers are not available. Error received when installing Update Agent on Windows NT SP6 Analysis Date Information does not match the latest DAU Vulnerability Patch Status Details pages should have a link for the device name Known Issues Novell ZENworks Patch Management6. 3 contains the following known issues: · · · · · · · · · · · · 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 items reported by the Linux/UNIX/Mac/Netware agent will vary based upon the devices Operating System type and version Changing server install from the default directory, still installs some files to the default location Changing server install from the default directory, may cause an error when opening ZENworks Patch Management Agent Control Panel - Last / Next checked time is not correctly updated when a time zone change is made to the agent User is able to start multiple instances of the Windows MSI Installer which may result in a missing [Windows] Control Panel applet Windows XP with no service pack may fail to reboot if the screensaver is running with the Login dialog displayed ZENworks Patch Management Server may not start correctly if an earlier version of ZENworks Patch Management was previously installed on the target server During installation, some screens may not have tab functions enabled without first selecting an item on the window During ZENworks Patch Management Server installation, the PatchLink user must have a password which is two characters or more in length - 14 - ZENworks Patch Management Server 6. 3 - Release Notes · · · · · · · Cancel ZENworks Patch Management Server installation and then re-trying the install may return an error Patch Management Server Installation Continues When Entered E-mail Address is in an Invalid Format The New Agent Registration e-mail notification does not accurately display the device name and description Uninstalling the agent while the DAU task is running may cause the uninstall to fail After uninstalling the 64 bit Agent for Windows, the control panel icon may remain Content Update Tool: To proceed beyond the Vulnerabilities page, you must not have more than 50 vulnerabilities selected User documentation does not describe the OS Packs button added to the Options > Technical Support tab of ZENworks Patch Management Server. The OS Packs button will regenerate and synchronize the relevant information for each of the Operating Systems supported by your ZENworks Patch Management Server When attempting to install ZENworks Patch Management Server on an unsupported operating system, . NET 1. 1 may be installed before the installation stops When uninstalling an upgraded ZENworks Patch Management Server, various IIS and SQL warning messages may display. Content Update 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 with the ZENworks Patch Management Server) Content Update Tool error messages may not indicate the reason for a connection failure Linux/Unix/Mac/Netware Agent upgrade will fail to stop the DAU task if both patchlink and patchagent directories exist FastPath is not supported on Windows NT 4. 0. [. . . ]