Databases at Synergy release 7.0 must be patched with patch 7.0 04 (or later). Rational Synergy 7.1 introduced a component task feature that is not supported in releases prior to 7.1.
If you have databases at Synergy release 6.5 SP2 or 6.6a with which you want to exchange data, either:
If you have databases at Synergy releases prior to 6.5 SP2, with which you want to exchange data, first upgrade those databases to 6.5SP2, and then upgrade to either 7.0 or 7.1.
The full functionality of the process definitions and process rules are only available when replicating with other 6.5 or later databases. It is therefore advisable to update master and satellite databases used for the development of a component within a short time. Spoke databases that replicate through a hub database at an earlier release have reduced functionality until the hub database is upgraded.