Upgrade and Compatibility Guide

This guide describes how to upgrade Server Suite components on computers where Server Suite software has been previously installed. In most cases, components and software packages from different releases can be used together within certain limitations.

This guide provides guidelines for the order in which you should upgrade, compatibility issues that might require you to upgrade, and how you can mix and match component and package versions if you perform an upgrade over time on computers running different versions of Server Suite packages.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for administrators and application owners planning to update Server Suite software on multiple computers in the enterprise. This guide assumes that you are familiar with all of the Server Suite components you have currently installed on one or more Windows computers and all of the required and optional packages you have installed on Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X computers. This guide also assumes that you have sufficient privileges to perform administrative tasks on all of these computers.

Using this Guide

Depending on your role and responsibilities, you may want to read portions of this guide selectively.

This guide includes the following sections: