3.2 Configuring the Appliance Settings

To configure the appliance settings, perform the following:

  1. On the License Agreement page, select the required License Language and Keyboard Language, then click Accept.

  2. On the Passwords and Time Zone page, specify the following information:

    • Root Password and Confirmation: The root password for ZENworks Reporting Appliance.

    • zenadmin Password and Confirmation: The zenadmin password for ZENworks Reporting Appliance.

    • NTP Server: The IP address or DNS name of the external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.

    • Optional NTP Server: The IP address or DNS name of the external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.

    • Region: The local region.

    • Time Zone: The local time zone.

  3. Click Next.

  4. On the Network Settings page, specify the following information:

    • Hostname: The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) associated with the appliance IP address. For example, server.domain.com.

      The hostname must be resolveable, or some features in ZENworks Reporting do not work properly. Server names must support the DNS requirements, or the ZENworks Reporting login fails. Acceptable characters are the letters a-z (uppercase and lowercase), numbers, and the hyphen (-).

    • Obtain IP Address using DHCP: Select this option to get the IP Address using DHCP address. If you select this option IP Address and Networks Mask will be disabled.

    • IP Address: The server must have a static IP address or a permanently leasedDHCP address.

    • Network Mask: The network mask associated with the appliance IP address.

    • Gateway: The IP address of the gateway on the subnet where ZENworks Reporting Appliance is located.

    • DNS Server: The IP address of a primary DNS server for your network.

    • Optional DNS Server: The IP address of a primary DNS server for your network.

    • Domain Search: By default, domain that you specified in the Hostname field is displayed.

    • Optional Domain Search: The alternate domain.

  5. Click Next.

    If you have not added a hard disk after deployment, then a warning message is displayed. In this scenario, you need to power off the virtual machine, add a hard disk, power on, and then continue with Step 2.

  6. On the Data Store Location page, verify the new hard disk that you added.

  7. Click Configure.

    After configuration, URL is displayed in the console. Use the URL (https://<FQDN>:9443) for administering the appliance and configuring ZENworks Reporting.

  8. Continue with the next task specified in the ZENworks Reporting Configuration.