Different Versions with Central Admin Option

[RH_Kratos]

 Currently we have a Central Admin server (CAS) that manages 8 other media servers, each at remote locations in a WAN environment.  All of the servers are running BEWS 10d w/ Service Pack 4.  We have another media server at a 9th office that runs 12.5.  Questions:

1) Is it possible to pull this into the 10d Central Admin server?

2) If that is not possible, and we instead choose to upgrade the CAS, will the CAS with 12.5 continue to manage the 10d media servers so we can upgrade them in phases?

Thanks.

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

Hi RH,

Here it is...

1. You cannot manage a newer version of Backup Exec with your version (actually any version) of CASO. It won't view it at all. You'd have to upgrade...

2. I had no joy managing Backup Exec 11D when I upgraded our CASO to 12.5, meaning I had to upgrade fairly quickly across the board. So Symantec recommend upgrading your clients too.

You can read up here on how to do it:

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/304175.htm

In order to upgrade, you need to multi-step...you can do it according to the following doc:

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/319925.htm

Laters.

[RH_Kratos]

Craig,

Thanks for the info.  In the first link it shows supported upgrade version differences.  Does that mean that other version differences would be unsupported or that they absolutely wouldn't work?  For example, if I do upgrade my CAS to 12.5....would it continue to delegate jobs to 10d MMS's until they can get upgraded?

Thanks.

[CraigV]

No, you won't be able to use them that far back as far as I know. I'd tried it with 11D and it wouldn't even detect the servers. It's very possible it would work with 12.0 (1 version back), but not more than that.

[RH_Kratos]

Thanks.