Veeam v9 Upgrade

I have written a way more detailed post on the Veeam upgrade process which you may prefer to read!

I recently upgraded a version 8 Veeam Backup and Replication installation to version 9. These are the notes I took to summarise the process.

Prerequisites

  • If you have Veeam ONE upgrade this first
  • Download the Veeam V9 media
  • Licence file for v9
  • Suspend all jobs in Veeam Backup and Replication

Backups

  • Run a config backup
  • Take a manual SQL backup of your Veeam Backup and Enterprise databases
  • Snapshot Veeam backup server VM

Enterprise manager

  • Accept licence
  • The wizard finds the old version of Veeam. Choose next to proceed with upgrade
  • Browse to licence file
  • System configuration check. Allows you to install missing components
  • Reboot if missing components installed require it
  • Rerun setup if it doesn’t start automatically
  • Setup should find the existing DB used by Veeam Enterprise Manager. Choose to upgrade it
  • Allow upgrade to complete
  • Reboot if prompted

2 config check

Veeam Backup & Replication

  • Check Veeam version information and upgrade path
  • Run the V9 setup file
  • Choose to upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication
  • Accept licence agreement
  • The wizard finds the old version of Veeam. Choose next to proceed with upgrade
  • Browse to licence file
  • Setup should find the existing DB used by Veeam Backup and Replication. Choose to upgrade it
  • Allow upgrade to complete
  • Reboot if prompted
  • Launch Veeam console when prompted and allow all the different components such as proxy servers etc to be upgraded
  • Optional – install the Veeam standalone console

 

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