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Backward Compatibility

This release of the Arcserve Backup server component supports the following backward compatibilities:

• Agents--Using the Arcserve Backup r17 server component you can manage agents from the releases that follow:
  • Arcserve Backup r16.5--includes the General Availability (GA) release and the latest service packs.
  • Arcserve Backup r16--includes the General Availability (GA) release and the latest service packs.

  Be aware of the following:

  • When backing up agent computers, the version of the Arcserve Backup server component must be equal to or greater than the release of the agent you want to back up. You cannot use agents from this release of Arcserve Backup with any previous release of the Arcserve Backup server component.
  • For optimal performance, you should upgrade all Arcserve Backup agents and options installed in your backup environment to this release.
  • All Arcserve Backup products installed on a computer must be the same release.

    Example: The Arcserve Backup server component, the Agent for Microsoft SQL Server, and the Agent for Virtual Machines are installed on a computer. When you upgrade the Arcserve Backup server component to this release, you must also upgrade Agent for Microsoft SQL Server and the Agent for Virtual Machines to this release.

• Arcserve Backup Domains--All Arcserve Backup servers in a domain must be running the same version of the Arcserve Backup Server component. Arcserve Backup servers with different versions of the Arcserve Backup server component must reside in different Arcserve Backup domains.
• Job Scripts--You can restore data from backup tapes and load job scripts created using all previous versions BrightStor Arcserve Backup and BrightStor Enterprise Backup.