Thanks LANDnate
And here is a website I found very helpful for a side by side: How to: Side by side migration from LANDesk Management Suite 9.5 SP2 to 9.6 | Tribulations of a LANDesk Engineer
I currently have both Core's up and running and am carefully testing the new one to make sure the cutover is seamless to the users and to our engineers since we use LANDESK for patching every Tuesday.
Thanks again