2.1 Replacing the First Primary Server with the Second Primary Server

In ZENworks Control Center for the second Primary Server, click the Bundles tab, then click the Imaging bundle.

The Summary tab is displayed.

Click Edit next to Add-on Image File.

The Bundle Add-on Image wizard is displayed.

On the Add Image Server Address page, select the first Primary Server that is associated with the bundle, then click Remove.

Click Add.

Click next to the Servers folder to navigate through the folders until you find the second Primary Server.

Select the second Primary Server to display its name in the Selected list, then click OK.

Click Finish.

The add-on image is associated with the second Primary Server, and the add-on image content is created on the second Primary Server.

In the Summary tab of the bundle, click the Increment Version underlined link for Version, then click Yes in the Confirm Version Increment dialog box.

Manually copy all the files with the .zmg extension from the /content-repo/images directory of the first Primary Server to the /content-repo/images directory on the second Primary Server.

In ZENworks Control Center of the second Primary Server, click the Bundles tab, then click the Imaging bundle.

Click the Actions tab.

Click the ZENworks Image action.

The Edit Action dialog box is displayed.

In the ZENworks Image field, click .

The Server and Path Information dialog box is displayed.

In the Server Object, IP or DNS field, click to browse for and select the second Primary Server.

In the File Path on Server field, click to browse for and select the image.zmg file.

In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab in the left panel.

Click Patch Management.

Click the Subscription Service Settings Link. The Subscription Service Settings page appears.

In the Subscription Service Settings panel, click Reset Subscription Service. A dialog box appears requesting you to confirm your action. Click Yes to proceed further.

In the Start the Subscription Service field, you can select another server from multiple servers in your management zone.

Click Start Service.

In ZENworks Control Center, click the Subscribe and Share tab in the left panel.

In the Subscription page, click the subscription name in the Name column.

In the Summary page, navigate to the Schedules Panel, then click in the Subscription Server field to select any other server.

In ZENworks Control Center, click Configuration tab in the left panel.

Under Management Zone Settings, click Infrastructure Management > System Update Settings.

In the Dedicated Server Settings panel, select the new server that is to be configured as the dedicated server.

In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.

In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Infrastructure Management > Closest Server Default Rule.

In the Collection Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Move Down until the server is the last entry in the list.

In the Content Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Move Down until the server is the last entry in the list.

In the Configuration Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Move Down until the server is the last entry in the list.

In the Authentication Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Move Down until the server is the last entry in the list.

Click OK.

In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.

In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Infrastructure Management > Closest Server Rules.

Select a closest server rule, then click Edit.

The Rule Construction dialog box is displayed.

In the Collection Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Remove.

In the Content Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Remove.

In the Configuration Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Remove.

In the Authentication Servers list, select the check box next to the first Primary Server, then click Remove.

Click OK twice.

(Conditional) If you are using an external database, ensure that you have a reliable backup of the database.

Obtain the credentials of the database.

To procure the credentials of the internal database, use one of the following commands:

zman dgc -U administrator_name -P administrator_password

or

zman database-get-credentials -U administrator_name -P administrator_password

To obtain the credentials of the external database, contact the database administrator.

Ensure that you run the Commit command after every Update or Delete statements.

If the database is installed on the same device as that of the first Primary Server, move the database.

If the first Primary Server is an MDM Server, then you need to remove the MDM role from the first server and add the role to another server. All mobile devices enrolled to the first Primary Server should be re-enrolled to the new MDM Server. For more information on removing the MDM role, see Removing MDM Servers in ZENworks Mobile Management Reference. For more information on adding an MDM role to the new server, see Adding an MDM Server in ZENworks Mobile Management Reference.

If the first Primary Server is no longer available in the zone and you are unable to backup and restore the ZooKeeper data, then you can still continue with the following step, however; this will lead to data loss and you will be unable to recover the existing ZooKeeper data: