Can I run reports against a new agent with an older version of Vulnerability Manager? (NETIQKB40572)

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Can I run reports against a new agent with an older version of Vulnerability Manager?

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.5

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Agent for Windows 5.5

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.0

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Agent for Windows 5.0

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 4.0

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 5.0

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows 3.2

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows 4.0

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VigilEnt Security Manager 4.1

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Vulnerability Manager was written to be backwards compatible with older agents, however newer agents are not compatible with older versions of Vulnerability Manager.  For example if you were to run reports against a 5.0 version of an agent using a 4.1 version of Vulnerability Manager this would not function properly. 

Formerly known as NETIQKB40572