Thanks to those who replied either to me personally or to the list about
this topic.

A few have verified that a Networker 6.1.x client will work with a
Networker 7.1.x server and there shouldn't be any issues.  As for the
storage node question, I found a one-line note in the release supplement
for Networker 7.1.3 that says that a Networker server release 7.1.x
supports release 6.x storage nodes.

Another interesting note on the same page in the documentation says that
a Networker 7.1.x storage node is not compatible with a Networker server
earlier than v6.0, so it appears that you can have a v7.x storage node
and a v6.x server and be okay as well.

On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 11:10 -0700, Craig Ruefenacht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In upgrading our Networker from v6.1.3 to v7.1.3, I was reminded by way
> of the feature not being available that a Windows NT 4 server (yes I
> know its old) cannot be a storage node, only a client.
> 
> We have one such Windows NT 4 server which is running Exchange 5.5, and
> is a storage node (currently it only backs up data from itself).
> 
> While it will be replaced by the end of 2005 with Windows 2003 and
> Exchange 2003, we are not quite there yet.  But we can wait no longer to
> upgrade to Networker v7.x.
> 
> Is it possible to keep the NT 4 server running Networker 6.1.4 (which
> would allow the NT 4 server to be a storage node) and have the Networker
> server be v7.1.3?  Will this introduce problems with restores, the on-
> line indexes, the media database, etc?
> 
> I know that from a functional standpoint from my testing that at least
> backups will work okay.  I haven't tried a recover though.
> 
> The only other option we currently have is to backup this client over a
> T1 during off-hours to another storage node located in the same
> city/country.
> 
-- 
Craig Ruefenacht
UNIX Systems Administrator
USANA Health Sciences
http://www.usana.com

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