GroupWise 8 WebAccess Compatibility with earlier versions of WebAccess

  • 7009645
  • 27-Oct-2011
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell GroupWise 8

Situation

Before GroupWise 8, you could successfully run different versions of the WebAccess Agent and the WebAccess Application together.  For example, you could install a new version of the WebAccess Application on your Web server while still running the previous version of the WebAccess Agent for the domain

Resolution

Starting in GroupWise 8, the recommended update procedure is to update all of the WebAccess Agents in your GroupWise system first, then update all of the WebAccess Applications.  Long-term use of the mixed-version configuration is not supported and can result in time zone problem.  You must update both the WebAccess Agent and the WebAccess Application to the same version in order to ensure proper functioning of the GroupWise 8 WebAccess client.
 
IMPORTANT: Running a new WebAccess Application with an older WebAccess Agent is no longer supported.