LF version 10 compatibility with LF version 9 products

asked on March 7, 2018

Dear all,

I think I have been been reading different and confusing responses on the question of compatibility of LF 9 products with LF 10 ones. This is so confusing that at the moment we have a very sensitive upgrade to undertake but we are not sure of the consequences.

The client has a big installation of 500 users. This is a heavy user of laserfiche and cannot afford down time. They are currently on LF 9.1.1 server with License Manager and they want to upgrade to the current version 10.3. The new version will be installed onto completely new servers and so the upgrade will not be directly onto the old server.

The challenge is there should be no down-time. I was planning to begin with the Directory server which would require me to disconnect the License manager, then connect the old servers to DS. After which I would install the new LF 10.3 servers onto the new servers and connect them to the DS 10.3.

At this point I will be having both the new LF servers 10.3 and the old servers 9.3 connected to the new DS 10.3. This would then make it easier to migrate the repository and from the old and new servers without users losing connection although at some point there would be a few hours where they wouldn't connect.

But as per the release notes for 10.3, they are not compatible in the sense that LF 9 users will not be able to enjoy SSO with DS 10.3 (Correct me if am wrong) and as such by installing the DS 10 first would render the users disconnected for a number of days since they all utilize single sign on.

What options do I have to make this transition smooth?

Mark

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replied on March 8, 2018 • Show version history

Hi Mark,

Lf9 users will not be able to enjoy web site SSO directly through the directory server because that wasn't added until version 10 of LFDS. So it shouldn't impact any current scenario.

If you are referring to the 'use windows authentication' checkbox in, say, the Windows Client, that will be unaffected.

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replied on March 9, 2018

Hi Justin,

So it is ok to proceed and transfer the LF server 9 onto the new DS 10.3 and the the users will still be able to utiize the "Use Windows Authentication" checkbox?

Mark

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replied on March 9, 2018

Yes, Directory Service has 2 independent components: license management and authentication. You can use it for license management only if you so choose. So if you update the LF9 server to get its license from LFDS 10.3, nothing will change in how users authenticate to the repository.

Even if you update the Laserfiche Server to 10, nothing needs to change authentication-wise. The Laserfiche server proxies connections to LFDS for older clients, so your users logging in through a v9 Client will still be able to get in.

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replied on March 10, 2018

Hi Justin,

Thanks for the response. I will definitely try it out and get back to you on this

Mark

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