14.3 Installing Inventory-Only Agent (IOA) on Linux

  1. Log in as a user with installation rights on the device.

  2. Make sure you have downloaded the correct Inventory-Only module package (based on the architecture) to the target device. If you have not, see Downloading the Module from a ZENworks Server.

  3. In the terminal go to the location of the downloaded Inventory-Only module package file.

  4. Unpack the Inventory-Only module package by running the following commands:

    • gunzip and the package name

      Example:

      gunzip ZENworks_Inventory_Only_Agent_Linux_x86.tar.gz

    • tar -xopf and the package name

      Example:

      tar -xopf ZENworks_Inventory_Only_Agent_Linux_x86.tar

    or run the following command:

    tar -zxvf and the package name Example: tar -zxvf ZENworks_Inventory_Only_Agent_Linux_x86.tar.gz

    The package will be extracted to a new directory with the same name.

  5. In the terminal, browse to the location of the extracted package in Step 4 and install the Inventory-Only module by running the./install.sh command. The relevant Inventory-Only Agent (IOA) packages will be installed on the device.

    The installation program requires no user interaction.

  6. After the installation program completes its execution, register the Inventory-Only Agent (IOA) device to the server by running the following command:

    zac ioa cfg <server_ip:port_number>

    • If you are using the default port, then specify only the IP address.

      For example,

      • IPv4: zac ioa cfg <server_ip:port_number>

      • IPv6: zac ioa cfg <[server_ip]:port_number>

      In the above command, replace the <server_ip> with the actual IP address.

    The Inventory-Only module is started and the device is added to the Inventoried devices page in ZENworks Control Center (Devices tab > Inventoried tab > Workstations or Servers folder).

    For details see Inventory-Only Commandsin the ZENworks Command Line Utilities Reference.

    NOTE:To debug any issues that you might face while registering the device, see the zmd-messages.log in \novell\zenworks\logs\localstore on the device that you want to register to the zone. You can also refer to service-messages.log on the server to which you are registering the device.