Confirmation about EV9.0 Upgrade

[Bruce_Crankshaw]

Hi All

I'm about to do my first EV9.0 upgrade and have noticed in the Upgrade Guide that there are 2 important pre-requisites

• Minimum SQL must be 2005 sp2
• All EV Clients must be 8.0

Do these apply ?

The reason I ask is the customer is on EV8.0 sp 4 but  most of there EV clients are on EV 7.5 sp3 so clearly they need to upgrade there desktop client if the Upgrade Guide is accurate

Thx

[MichelZ · Accepted solution]

Yes, this applies.

Usually EV supports one version difference between client & server.

[MichelZ]

Between, a good source for such things is the Compatiblity Guide:

ftp://exftpp.symantec.com/pub/support/products/Exchange_Mailbox_Archiving_Unit/276547.pdf

Compatibility between Enterprise Vault releases

Enterprise Vault 9.0 servers operate with Enterprise Vault 8.0 or later clients.

Enterprise Vault 9.0 clients operate with Enterprise Vault 8.0 or later servers.

[Mohawk_Marvin]

It will probably work however with the 7.5 client as long as you dont use OL2010.

You are right about the SQL needing to be 2005 SP2 or higher.

[Bruce_Crankshaw]

Thx guys

I will advise the client not to take a  chance and rather ensure desktop clients are on 8.0