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Title:ACMS comments and questions
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Moderator:CLUSTA::HALLAN
Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4179
Total number of notes:15091

4128.0. "Backward compatibility from 4.1 to 3.2???" by CSC32::D_BUTLER () Tue Mar 18 1997 14:08

    There has been an open call for some time asking the following
    question.
    
    "our goal is to upgrade the production cluster in
    our Data Center with ACMS v4.1 and keep our 100+ remote sites running
    ACMS v3.2."
    
    My gut feeling is that the ACC's will still communicate with one
    another but I do not want to base a response on an assumption. The SPD
    for 4.1 makes no claims to backward compatibility to 3.2. I would like
    to close this call ASAP. Any pointers/answer appreciated.
    
    Dave...  
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4128.1ACMS::HALLBill Hall - ACMS Engineering - ZKO2-2Tue Mar 18 1997 15:0127
    
    	First, ACMS V3.2 is no longer supported although it will still
    work.
    
    	The ACMS V4.0 release notes state:
    
                  When using ACMS Version 4.0 in a distributed environment,
                  all the nodes in the configuration must be using ACMS
                  Version 3.2 or greater. Any combination of ACMS Version
                  3.2, ACMS Version 3.3, ACMS Version 3.3B, or ACMS Version
                  4.0 nodes is supported. For example, you could have a
                  distributed ACMS configuration of three nodes where two
                  submitter nodes are running ACMS Version 3.3 on OpenVMS
                  VAX and an application node running ACMS Version 4.0 on
                  OpenVMS AXP.
    
    	The release notes are not a legal document so if they run into any
    problems, we are under no obligation to fix them in the release they
    are using.
    
    	 
    	I'd also stay away from ACMS V4.1 because of the CMA problems we've
    seen.  They are better off waiting until ACMS V4.2 (w/o CMA) is
    available later this spring.
    
    
    	Bill