I recently pondered the same questions and chose to build a new environment
with 6.5 rather than upgrading the existing 5.1 servers.
I can't speak for the SAN media servers as we don't have any but if you are
upgrading to 6.5 you will need to install 5.1 on the new servers install
your license keys and then upgrade to 6.5. Chances are your license keys
will not install on a virgin 6.5 server if they are 5.x license keys.
As for question 3. I can't imagine how Symantec could ever consider that a
violation if you choose to upgrade via a clean install on new hardware. What
if your existing server failed, could you be expected to buy new licenses if
you had to rebuild on new hardware. As I see it I probably saved Symantec a
bunch of support calls by starting clean on a new server.
john
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:35 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external)
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Hi all,
I am weighing up the pros and cons to either do an in place upgrade or
migration.
I just wanted to know if anyone had any pros or cons to this. The
Environment constsits of 10+ SAN SSO Media Servers, 1 Master, 1 Robot.
In place should be easy, but Symantec are identifying many, many issues
with the current environment, that concerns me that the upgrade will not go
clean.
Starting afresh for the Master means I will migrate clients and policies
over from the old system to the new one.
Just a couple of quick questions:
1) My License key is for upgrade. Would it still work if 5.1 was not
installed on the clean new Server?
2) for the SAN Media Servers, any cons I need to be aware of when upgrading
them and pointing them to the new Master Server
3) Does this violate the license agreement by using the new key on new
clean hardware? What if I turn off the Master, install 5.1 on the new Server
with my current license, and then use the upgrade license key for NBU 6.5
Apprecaite the comments and advice.
Thanks
*Regards*
*Simon** *
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