With an OS, yes that may be true.. Upgrading the OS to a higher version can
potentially leave you with system libraries of a higher version, which your
current version of ARS will not be able to use.. It has happened to me once
in the past where I had to work around it by copying some of the older
system libraries and adjust the LD_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly.. But these was
a few major versions ago.. If the OS vendors since then have changed how
they deliver their upgrades, where they do not delete older system files for
a few minor, then it should not be an issue..
In case of MS-SQL, I recently came upon an article that they make that
database backward compatible upto 2 major versions. And that in my opinion
has begun to be a trend for a while with most vendors that manufacture most
legacy software..
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: John Doe
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:00 PM Newsgroups:
public.remedy.arsystem.general
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: BMC Performance Matrix on ARS 7.6.04 on Different OS
You are certainly correct. If I use Oracle 10g client it is compatible with
an Oracle 11g database, as per the matrix. But that was not the point. My
point is that simply saying that the product is compatible as long as the
vendor (Microsoft, Sun) claim backward compatibility is very presumptuous.
For instance, you are on Solaris 10 and decide to immediately upgrade to
Solaris 11. Assuming, since the compatibility matrix does not say it is not
compatible, it "should" work. This is very presumptuous, however allowable
based on the quotes submitted from the compatibility matrix. I would
proceed with caution.
In the end, it is up to you. I am just offering a piece of friendly advice
from someone who has been through all the versions, all of the databases and
combinations. Including Oracle RAC on Linux. Trust me, Windows on SQL
Server is much easier than the others. BMC seems to favor testing their
product on this platform.
Thanks and have a great day!
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