Environment
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (PPCx64)
Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management - ZLM7.2
Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management - ZLM7.2
Situation
Message returned after an attempted install of the ZLM72_Agent_with_IR2:
This is not a supported distribution for the ZENworks agent.
Detected SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc64)
#cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL = 1
#uname -i
ppc64
This is not a supported distribution for the ZENworks agent.
Detected SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc64)
#cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL = 1
#uname -i
ppc64
Resolution
WORKAROUND: Modify the distributions.xml found on the ZLM Agent CD (iso).
BEFORE
<distro>
<name>SuSE Linux Enterprise Server</name>
<version>10</version>
<arch>ppc</arch>
<target>sles-10-ppc</target>
<detect>
<file source="/etc/SuSE-release" substring="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc)"/>
</detect>
</distro>
AFTER
<distro>
<name>SuSE Linux Enterprise Server</name>
<version>10</version>
<arch>ppc64</arch>
<target>sles-10-ppc</target>
<detect>
<file source="/etc/SuSE-release" substring="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc)"/>
</detect>
</distro>
BEFORE
<distro>
<name>SuSE Linux Enterprise Server</name>
<version>10</version>
<arch>ppc</arch>
<target>sles-10-ppc</target>
<detect>
<file source="/etc/SuSE-release" substring="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc)"/>
</detect>
</distro>
AFTER
<distro>
<name>SuSE Linux Enterprise Server</name>
<version>10</version>
<arch>ppc64</arch>
<target>sles-10-ppc</target>
<detect>
<file source="/etc/SuSE-release" substring="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ppc)"/>
</detect>
</distro>
Status
Reported to EngineeringAdditional Information
The distributions.xml on the ZLM72_Agent_with_IR2.ISO does not provide an entry for SLES10 ppc64 arch.