Version Interoperability

The following sections explain interoperability between ZENworks 6.5 Server Management and previous versions of ZENworks for Servers with respect to the software versions:


Interoperability with ZENworks for Servers 2

You cannot have interoperability between ZENworks for Servers 2 servers and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management servers, because directly upgrading between these versions is not supported. However, ZENworks for Servers 2 and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management can coexist in the same network, but not be running on the same server.

Schema extensions are additive, so version 6.5 schema extensions would be ignored by ZENworks for Servers 2 components, and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management would ignore version 2 schema extensions it no longer uses.


Interoperability with ZENworks for Servers 3.x

You can have distribution and policy interoperability between ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2 Interim Release 1 servers and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management servers. This means that if you want ZENworks 6.5 Server Management and ZENworks for Servers 3.x to work together, all ZENworks for Servers 3.x servers must be updated to version 3.0.2 Interim Release 1 before you can begin an incremental upgrade. For instructions, see Technical Information Document 2968433.

A single server cannot concurrently run ZENworks for Servers 3.x and ZENworks 6.5 Server Management software. For example, you cannot have a ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Distributor and a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Subscriber running on the same server.


Tree to Tree Distributions

Desktop Application Distributions cannot be sent from ZENworks 6.5 or later Distributors to ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2 Subscribers because of new schema extensions for ZENworks 6.5.