The following sections explain interoperability between ZENworks 7 Server Management and previous versions of ZENworks for Servers with respect to the software versions:
You cannot have interoperability between ZENworks for Servers 2 servers and ZENworks 7 Server Management servers, because directly upgrading between these versions is not supported. However, ZENworks for Servers 2 and ZENworks 7 Server Management can coexist in the same network, but not be running on the same server.
Schema extensions are additive, so version 7 schema extensions are ignored by ZENworks for Servers 2 components, and ZENworks 7 Server Management ignore version 2 schema extensions that it no longer uses.
You can have distribution and policy interoperability between ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2 Interim Release 1 servers and ZENworks 7 Server Management servers. This means that if you want ZENworks 7 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 TID 2968433 in the Novell Support Knowledgebase.
A single server cannot concurrently run ZENworks for Servers 3.x and ZENworks 7 Server Management software. For example, you cannot have a ZENworks 7 Server Management Distributor and a ZENworks for Servers 3.x Subscriber running on the same server.
ZENworks for Servers 3.x Desktop Application Distributions cannot be sent from ZENworks 7 or later Distributors to ZENworks for Servers 3.x Subscribers if you are using Novell Application Launcher™ folders. This breaks the foldering in the tree because of the newer schema extensions in ZENworks 7.
To prevent this, after you upgrade your 3.x Subscribers to version 7, you must re-baseline the Desktop Application Distributions to prevent corruption of the Novell Application Launcher™ folders on the Subscriber servers.