Backward compatibility
X-Formation supports backward compatibility between new versions of LM-X and existing licenses and network clients to the greatest extent possible. We make every effort to ensure that existing deployed software will continue to work with future license servers, and older license files can be read by newer servers.
However, although we will strive for backward compatibility in all future releases of LM-X, we cannot guarantee maintaining compatibility if doing so might compromise the security of protected applications.
LM-X does not support future compatibility, where the client is newer than the server. Supporting future compatibility would be analogous to an application like Word 2010 supporting the new Word 2013 document format, which would be highly unexpected. Attempting to provide such future compatibility would result in a product that is very complex to maintain and prone to problems.
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To upgrade the server at the end user site simply uninstall :
- Uninstall and remove the old LM-X license server
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- Install the new
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- license server obtained from your software vendor.
Important: When upgrading LM-X to a newer version, note the following compatibility considerations:
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