Replicated elements | DataMiner Docs clearly states, "The source and replication DMA must use the same DataMiner version.” This is repeated in: Is replication supported across different major DataMiner versions? - DataMiner Dojo.

A strict interpretation of this rule will pose severe operational challenges in the scenario where a central DMS replicates elements from tens of different DataMiner Probes. Coordinating the upgrades of all those DataMiner Systems (Central + Probes) simultaneously will be very difficult.

I’d like to understand how strict this requirement of running the same DataMiner version is and the technical reasons behind it. This answer from Bert sheds some light on the method used to receive element updates Max number of replication elements? - DataMiner Dojo.

I would expect few, if any, changes between DataMiner iterations. At what point does having different DataMiner versions break the element replication?

Please elaborate.

Thank you very much.