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The CommCell can function with two versions of the software. For example, when the CommServe is upgraded to the current version, the clients can remain in the previous versions.
The following table provides the backward compatibility support of each component, when the CommServe is upgraded to the current release.
CommCell Components |
Release 6.1 | Release 7.0 | Notes |
| MediaAgent | X | X | |
| CommCell Console | To run the CommCell Console as a stand-alone application, the CommCell Console release level must be the same as the CommServe release level. | ||
| CommCell Explorer | See Upgrade the CommCell Explorer | ||
| CommServe SNMP Enabler | See Upgrade the CommServe SNMP Enabler | ||
Backup & Recovery |
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| Active Directory | X | X | |
| DB2 | X | X | |
| DB2 DPF |
New Agent for 8.0 |
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| Image Level | X | X | |
| Image Level ProxyHost | X | X | |
| Informix | X | X | |
| Lotus Notes/ Domino Server | X | X | |
| Macintosh File System | X | X | |
| Microsoft Data Protection Manager | X | ||
| Microsoft Exchange Server | X | X | |
| Microsoft SharePoint Server | X | X | |
| Microsoft SQL Server | X | X | See Backward Compatibility - SQL Server iDataAgent for specific considerations. |
| Microsoft Windows File Systems | X | X | |
| MySQL |
New Agent for 8.0 |
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| NAS NDMP | X | X | Automatically upgraded with the MediaAgent
software. See Deployment - NetApp NAS NDMP
iDataAgent for more information. See Backward Compatibility - EMC Celerra NAS NDMP iDataAgent DAR Restores for specific considerations. |
| NetWare Server | X | X | |
| Novell GroupWise | X | X | |
| OES File System | X | X | |
| Oracle | X | X | |
| Oracle RAC | X | X | Automatically upgraded with
the Oracle iDataAgent. See: Upgrade Oracle RAC iDataAgent for more information. |
| ProxyHost | X | X | |
| SAP for Oracle and MAXDB | X | X | |
| Sybase | |||
| Unix | X | X | |
| Windows | X | X | |
| Unix File Systems | X | X | |
| Virtual Server |
New Agent for 8.0 |
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| Workstation Backup |
New Agent for 8.0 |
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| 1-Touch | |||
| Unix | X | X | |
| Windows | X | X | |
Quick Recovery |
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| QuickRecovery Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| Recovery Director | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| QSnap | X | X | When the CommServe is upgraded to the current version and the clients remain in the previous version, the new subclients created will not have block filter driver enabled. See The Block Filter Driver and Bitmaps to manually activate block filter on these new subclients. |
Archive Management |
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| Domino Mailbox Archiver | X | ||
| Exchange Archiver Agents | X | X | |
| Outlook Add-In | X | X | See Backward Compatibility - DataArchiver Outlook Add-In for specific considerations. |
| WebProxy Agent for Exchange | X | X | |
| OWA Proxy Enabler | X | ||
| Exchange Compliance Archiver | X | X | |
| File Archiver Agents (Windows, NetWare, Unix) | X | X | |
| File Share Archiver | X | X | |
| SharePoint Archiver | X | ||
| Data Classification | X | X | |
| Content Indexing & Search | |||
| Content Indexing Engine | X | ||
| Online Content Indexing | X | ||
| Web Search Server | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
ContinuousDataReplicator |
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| ContinuousDataReplicator | X | When the CommServe is upgraded to the current version, both source and destination client can remain in the previous version. Also, when the CommServe and destination client are upgraded to the current version, the source client can remain in the previous version. However, if CommServe and source client are upgraded, the destination client also need to be upgraded to the current version. | |
SRM |
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| SRM Server | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| SRM Exchange Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| SRM NetWare Proxy Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| SRM NAS Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| SRM SharePoint Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| SRM SQL Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| SRM UNIX File System Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
| SRM Windows File System Agent | Must be maintained at the same version of the software as the CommServe. | ||
Other |
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| Media Explorer | See Upgrade Media Explorer. | ||