topic Re: nimble connection manager vs Nimble OS array upgrade in Array Performance and Data Protection https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/nimble-connection-manager-vs-nimble-os-array-upgrade/m-p/6985268#M844 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I'd recommend upgrading the NWT on your hosts, but you're not regulated to ensure it's kept in lockstep with the NimbleOS array release. </SPAN>The Nimble Windows Toolkit is supported and tested for within two major releases of code - so in your case the 2.1.x NWT would be fully supported to use in conjunction with 2.2.x or 2.3.x NimbleOS. Although no new host features would be available to you if you were to continue using the old NWT.</P><P></P><P>I notice that you're running Windows 2008 - if this is the non-R2 release, then NWT 2.1.x is the final release that supports that operating system. from 2.2.x onwards it's Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 support.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Apr 2016 07:31:33 GMT Nick_Dyer 2016-04-07T07:31:33Z nimble connection manager vs Nimble OS array upgrade https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/nimble-connection-manager-vs-nimble-os-array-upgrade/m-p/6985267#M843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello there,</P><P>i am having nimble version of <SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'DejaVu LGC Sans', Helvetica, Garuda, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: #eeeeee;">2.1.7.0-151109-opt, and asap i will upgrade all the way to <SPAN style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #222222;">2.3.14.0 version.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">we have production environment having NCM in windows server 2008 and sql server...</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">do i need to upgrade NCM in windows server installed before or after being upgraded Nimble OS? </SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 21:24:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/nimble-connection-manager-vs-nimble-os-array-upgrade/m-p/6985267#M843 s_smile 2016-04-06T21:24:33Z Re: nimble connection manager vs Nimble OS array upgrade https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/nimble-connection-manager-vs-nimble-os-array-upgrade/m-p/6985268#M844 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I'd recommend upgrading the NWT on your hosts, but you're not regulated to ensure it's kept in lockstep with the NimbleOS array release. </SPAN>The Nimble Windows Toolkit is supported and tested for within two major releases of code - so in your case the 2.1.x NWT would be fully supported to use in conjunction with 2.2.x or 2.3.x NimbleOS. Although no new host features would be available to you if you were to continue using the old NWT.</P><P></P><P>I notice that you're running Windows 2008 - if this is the non-R2 release, then NWT 2.1.x is the final release that supports that operating system. from 2.2.x onwards it's Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 support.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Apr 2016 07:31:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/nimble-connection-manager-vs-nimble-os-array-upgrade/m-p/6985268#M844 Nick_Dyer 2016-04-07T07:31:33Z