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Upgrade Considerations

Be aware of the following considerations:

• CA Deliver Version 12.0 is available to all CA Deliver customers with active maintenance contracts.

  No specific license is required to upgrade to Version 12.0.

• CA Deliver Version 12.0 supports databases versioned at Version 12.0, r11.7, r11.6, and r11.5.
• If you are using the companion product CA View, CA Deliver Version 12.0 is backward compatible with CA View r11.7, r11.6, and r11.5.
• XMS and the CA Deliver direct archival can concurrently browse or archive to CA View databases versioned at Version 12.0, r11.7, r11.6, r11.5, and r11.0.
• CA Deliver Version 12.0 introduces a new feature that permits the use of additional special characters in the Report ID. This feature is available only for the databases that are upgraded to Version 12.0. Additional special character support is not downward compatible. Avoid using additional special characters, until all associated CA View databases are upgraded to Version 12.0.
• For upgrades from CA Deliver r11.6 to Version 12.0, ensure that PTF RO30477 is applied to your CA Deliver r11.6 system before upgrade. PTF RO30477 is required to ensure the integrity of the SMP/E environment during the upgrade process.

Important! CA Deliver Version 12.0 is the last release to support the CA View r11 database versions. The CA View product can execute at a release that is different from the database version. The database version can be changed using an upgrade procedure.

Note: For more information about upgrade considerations, see the section Configuration Steps to Upgrade to Version 12.0 without CA MSM (Step 4) in the CA View Installation Guide.