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Upgrade Considerations

Be aware of the following considerations:

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

  No specific license is required to upgrade to Version 12.0.

• CA View Version 12.0 supports databases versioned at Version 12.0, r11.7, r11.6, r11.5, and r11.0.
• CA View Version 12.0 is backward compatible with CA View r11.7, r11.6, and r11.5.
• XMS and CA Deliver direct archival can concurrently browse or archive to CA View Version 12.0, r11.7, r11.6, r11.5, and r11.0 database versions.
• For upgrades from CA View r11.6 to Version 12.0, ensure that PTF RO30477 is applied to your CA View r11.6 system before you upgrade. This PTF is required to ensure the integrity of the SMP/E environment during the upgrade process.

Important! CA View Version 12.0 is the last release to support the 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 Installation Guide.

See Backward Compatibility for information about encryption compatibilities.

CA View Version 12.0 introduces a new feature that lets you use 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.