Hello Vince, this is off topic and a little late, but I am looking for verification on compatibility between ArcSDE server and database versions. We have a need to preserve a SQL Server Geodatabase instance at version 9.2 but we must also upgrade the ArcSDE application server to 9.3.1 (don't ask why we can't go to 10 🙂 I tried to create a service on the 9.3.1 side and connect to the 9.2 database (which sits on a separate database server). The service fails to start and logs the message
Previous SDE Server Release 9.2.0 is not compatible with the current Release 9.3.1.
The users who need this gdb must use a service, their app does not do direct connects.
Is this it, are we done and forced to remain at 9.2?
Is there another thread you can point me to?
Thanks!