No answers to this yet? As far as I know, I don’t think you should have any problems with a newer client and a slightly older server. I’m not running CentOS but I don’t see that that should change the answer. Any other comments?
Deb Baddorf Fermilab On Jun 6, 2015, at 3:49 PM, Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a home LAN, consisting mostly of a desktop/server computer and a > laptop. For some time now, both machines were running CentOS 5, which comes > with distro supplied RPMs for Amanda 2.5.0p2 (specificly, > 2.5.0p2-9.el52.5.0p2-9.el5). I recently replaced my old laptop with a newer > model and installed CentOS 6 on it. CentOS 6 comes with RPMs for Amanda > 2.6.1p2. The desktop/server is still running CentOS 5 (with 2.5.0p2) and is > the Amanda server for my LAN. I'd like to continue making backups (of the > laptop), but I am wondering: are there any issues/problems with using the > 2.6.1p2 client with the 2.5.0p2 server? Will this work properly? Are there > any special things I need to do or be worried about? > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > [email protected] -- Webhosting Services >
