Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Can a 4.5FP_6 media server backup a 5.1 client?

2006-02-10 07:38:01
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can a 4.5FP_6 media server backup a 5.1 client?
From: simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net (WEAVER, Simon)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:38:01 -0000
Ed
I agree, believe that it may not work, or get properly backed up (ie: trying
to backup a Win2k3 server on a 3.4 server works, but restoring is
IMPOSSIBLE) !!

Regards

Simon Weaver 
Technical Support 
Windows Domain Administrator 

EADS Astrium 
Tel: 02392-708598 

Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium.eads DOT net 



-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org] 
Sent: 10 February 2006 12:27
To: Justin Piszcz
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Can a 4.5FP_6 media server backup a 5.1 client?


On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 06:18:55AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> All my master servers are 5.1.x, some of the media servers however are 
> still running at 4.5_FP6.
> 
> Will there be any issues if I upgrade all of my clients to 5.1 as the 
> media servers are still at the 4.5_FP6 revision?

I don't believe that this is supported.  The rule is that the master has to
be at a higher rev than the media servers which have to be at a higher rev
than the clients.

The only exception I have seen has been with the OpenVMS client - it can be
at a higher rev than the master or media and it will negotiate and do the
right thing.

        .../Ed

-- 
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org _______________________________________________
Veritas-bu maillist  -  Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu

This email is for the intended addressee only.
If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or 
otherwise deal with it.
Please notify the sender by return email.
The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of EADS 
Astrium Limited.
Nothing in this email shall bind EADS Astrium Limited in any contract or 
obligation.

EADS Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259
Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England