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Concurrent Release Considerations

Important! CA View r11, r11.5, r11.6, and r11.7 are the only releases of CA View that can be upgraded to Version 12.0. Do not attempt to upgrade from a release prior to r11.

If you are upgrading in an SMP/E CSI that contains a different version or release of Deliver, you must define new SMP/E target and distribution zones for CA View Version 12.0. CA View Version 12.0 cannot be installed into an SMP/E zone that contains a prior release of CA Deliver. However, CA View Version 12.0 can share an SMP/E zone with CA Deliver Version 12.0.

Be aware of the following:

• Beginning with Release r11.7, the product target and distribution library naming conventions were changed.
• Beginning with release r11.5, to help simplify installations and upgrades, the foreign language panel FMIDs have been incorporated into the CA View base FMID.

  All four panel libraries must exist or the apply step will fail.

  Be prepared to enlarge any existing panel libraries before you run the apply step. See the Hardware Requirements section to determine the amount of space required for these libraries and adjust it accordingly.

• CA View r11, r11.5, r11.6, and r11.7 databases can be upgraded to Version 12.0.
• The CA View Version 12.0 database can receive reports and retain bundle holding copies from CA Deliver Version 12.0, r11.7, r11.6, r11.5, and r11 direct archival mechanism.

  The CA Deliver ARCH specifications can reference CA View databases at any of these release levels.

• The CA View Version 12.0 cross-memory region can access CA View Version 12.0, r11.7, r11.6, r11.5, and r11 database release levels, and can access EXP reports that were archived from CA Deliver Version 12.0, r11.7, r11.6, r11.5, and r11 release levels.

The diagram that follows shows the relationship between multiple versions of CA View and CA Deliver.