DA upgrade

[Sortid]

We are upgrading from 2007 SP6 to EV9 SP2.  We intend to pause at EV8 SP5 for a couple of weeks to bed it in, and was going to upgrade to Discovery Accelerator 8 SP5.  This would then need to be upgraded to 9 as well in the coming weeks.  According to the compatibility guide, DA9 SP2 is compatible with EV8 backend.  Is there any reason why I should go direct to DA9 and skip DA8 altogether?  Iwould of course roll out the DA9 client in the first place.

Thanks,

[WiTSend]

According to the published documentation on upgrade paths, the only path to v9sp2 is v8sp5...

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH53174

so you're stuck with going to 8 first then upgrading to 9.  Now, whether there is any benefit in waiting between upgrades is a good question.  I don't see any value in waiting, especially since you'd have to send out the client updates as well.

[JesusWept3]

Actually i believe thats changed, i know of a few customers that have gone straight to DA 9 SP2 from much older versions

[Sortid · Accepted solution]

From the compatibility guide (p79) it looks like I can (see below).  So if I upgrade backend to EV8SP5, DA to 9, and sit with that for a few weeks there should be no problems that you know of?

"You can upgrade to Discovery Accelerator 9.0.2 from Discovery Accelerator

2007 SP6, 8.0 SP5, 9.0, or 9.0.1 only."