Hi Del, that are good news. Thank you for your explanation. Kind regards, Stefan Holzwarth
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] Im > Auftrag von Del Hoobler > Gesendet: Montag, 26. Januar 2009 16:36 > An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Betreff: Re: TDP 5.5.2 and SQL2005 with SQL2008 Components > > Hi Stefan, > > Just so you know... this was done under recommendation and > guidance from > Microsoft. > Microsoft changed their SQL Server 2008 libraries in such a > way that they > would not allow you to connect to both SQL Server 2005 and > SQL Server 2008 > with the same executable unless you used the SQL Server 2008 > libraries. > Microsoft instructed us (and other 3rd-party vendors) to prereq and > redistribute these. They stated that they would not support > upward compatibility of SQL Server 2005 libraries to connect to > a SQL Server 2008 server. Yes, TSM could have shipped multiple > DP/SQL executables, one for SQL Server 2005 and one for SQL > Server 2008, > but that would complicate things for many customers. In addition, > these SQL Server 2008 components can coexist with the SQL Server 2005 > components, so it should not affect your SQL Server 2005 server > or any other applications still using SQL Server 2005 > components at all. > If you do see any problems, we certainly want to know... and we will > work with you and Microsoft to find any issues. We do not expect it. > > Thanks, > > Del > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 01/26/2009 > 08:48:50 AM: > > > [image removed] > > > > TDP 5.5.2 and SQL2005 with SQL2008 Components > > > > Stefan Holzwarth > > > > to: > > > > ADSM-L > > > > 01/26/2009 08:50 AM > > > > Sent by: > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > From Installation Update - DP SQL V5.5.2 PTF > > > > The following prerequisites are required and are installed > during setup > > if they are not already installed. > > Prerequisites > > * Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 > > * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Objects > > * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client > > * Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types > > * Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 > > > > I'm a little bit concerned about installing sql 2008 > components for sql > > server 2005 that seem to be required since 5.5.2. > > Does anyone had trouble doing this? > > > > Regards > > Stefan Holzwarth >