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Join me for a live webinar – Optimizing HPE & Veeam for the AlwaysOn Enterprise

I am working with Veeam to present a live Webinar next week titled Optimizing HPE & Veeam for the AlwaysOn Enterprise. In which I am going to cover my top tips for getting the best performance from your 3PAR systems in conjunction with Veeam covering how HPE and Veeam work together.

On the 3PAR side you will be able to learn about performance optimisation under the following areas.

Choosing the 3PAR model for your needs
Hardware layout best practices
Getting the most form the available performance enhancing tools – Adaptive Optimization, Dynamic Optimization, Adaptive Flash Cache
Hardware upgrade considerations
Plus other performance tips

Russell Noalan will be joining me from Veeam to cover:

How Veeam and HPE are better together
How Veeam can improve backup performance in HPE storage infrastructures
What’s coming in v10 of Veeam Backup & Replication

It really does look like an interesting session, I definitely want to see whats coming in Veeam V10 so please do join us by registering for the webinar. See you there!

September 18, 2017

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Veeam Upgrade Steps

The Veeam upgrade process is pretty straight forward and I wanted to share it following on from last weeks Veeam Version numbers post.

High level Veeam upgrade process

We will go into detail of the upgrade, but first I wanted to give you a top level view of how you will be doing the version update.

Check for compatibility
Plan your Veeam upgrade path
Download the installation files
Backup your Veeam infrastructure – DB backups, Veeam config backups, VM snapshots
Upgrade VeeamONE first if you are using it
Allow any running jobs to finish
Disable any jobs that may start during the time scheduled for the upgrade
Upgrade Veeam Enterprise manager
Reboot Veeam Backup and Replication server to clear any file locks
Install Veeam Backup and Replication
Open Veeam Backup and Replication and allow it to upgrade components – proxy servers etc
Remove VM snapshots

Of course make sure you check out the release notes for your version for any specific information related to that release and your environment. Now lets go through the process in more detail.

Pre upgrade steps

1 Check for compatibility and requirements in the latest Veeam release notes

2 Check for the correct Veeam upgrade path

3 Download the installation files

4 Backup the databases used by VeeamONE, Enterprise Manager, Veeam Backup and Replication. To find which database is used:

VeeamONE – Use the VeeamONE settings utility to find the database. This can be found in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Veeam\Veeam ONE Settings\VeeamOneSettings.exe. Full details in this VeeamONE KB
Enterprise Manager & Veeam Backup and Replication – You can use the Configuration Database Connection utility to find which DB Veeam is using. Find it on your Start Menu as Configuration Database Connection Settings

When you launch it you can choose which product you wish to find the DB details for – Enterprise Manager or Veeam Backup and Replication

5 Run a Veeam configuration backup and make sure you keep a note of where it is stored

6 Take a snapshot of the Veeam backup server

VeeamONE

If you are using VeeamONE upgrade this component next

Enterprise Manager Upgrade

1 Run the setup file

2 Choose upgrade Veeam Enterprise manager from the splash screen

3 Accept the licence screen

4 Review the existing Enterprise Manager components and then click next

5 If you are moving between major releases you will need to provide a licence file. In this case I am moving from 9.0 to 9.5 so it has detected a valid licence

6 The wizard next checks you have all the correct components installed to accommodate Veeam. If it identifies anything missing like in the screenshot below you can click install

7 Enter your service account details

8 Make sure the correct SQL server and instance is selected

9 Choose yes to upgrade the DB

10 Choose to install

11 Job done, Veeam Enterprise Manager successfully installed screen appears

12 Accept the restart

Upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication

1 Reboot the server

2 Allow running jobs to finish and suspend any jobs that will start during the upgrade time frame

3 Snapshot the Veeam backup VM

4 Mount the Veeam Availability Suite ISO and run setup.

5 Accept the licence agreement

6 Note the previous versions that have been discovered and will be upgraded

7 If you are moving between major releases you will need to provide a licence file. In this case I am moving from 9.0 to 9.5 so it has detected a valid licence

8 The wizard next checks you have all the correct components installed to accommodate Veeam. If it identifies anything missing like in the screenshot below you can click install

9 When all components are installed you will see a green status and you will be good to continue

10 Enter any service account details you wish to use

12 Make sure the correct SQL server and instance is selected

13 Select yes to the warning and to upgrade the DB

14 Open Veeam backup and replication and you will be prompted to upgrade the components

Hopefully this post has helped you with planning how to upgrade Veeam.

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Veeam Version Numbers

The following Veeam version number table provides a useful guide when planning Veeam upgrades. It can be used to find the latest Veeam version, plan an upgrade path and see what version you are currently using, plus find the relevant release notes.

Veeam Updates

Updates – are like patches to the software and are applied within the same release family. So for example to apply 9.5 Update 2 you would need to be running a version 9.5.x. Getting the specific version number information from the table to move to 9.5 Update 2 you would need to be on at least version 9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802 or 9.5.0.823.

You can download the latest product updates from the Veeam Website.

Veeam Major release

Major releases – are the next major increment in the software. You can generally do an in place upgrade within 2 release versions. You can use the table below to confirm the upgrade path. So for example if you were updating to 9.5 you would lookup 9.5 in the table and see that the earliest version you could be on would be 8.0 Update 3. The latest major release download files generally are bundled with the updates so for example there would be no need for example to install 9.5 and then 9.5 Update 2.

Veeam Versions Table

Veeam Version	Build Number	Earliest Supported Update Version	Release Notes
9.5 Update 3a	9.5.0.1922	9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, 9.5.0.823, 9.5.0.1038, 9.5.0.1335 or 9.5.0.1536	9.5 Update 3a KB
9.5 Update 3	9.5.0.1536	9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, 9.5.0.823, 9.5.0.1038 or 9.5.0.1335	9.5 Update 3 KB
9.5 Update 2	9.5.0.1038	9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802 or 9.5.0.823	9.5 Update 2 KB
9.5 Update 1	9.5.0.823	9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711 or 9.5.0.802	9.5 Update 1 KB
9.5	9.5.0.711	8.0 Update 3	9.5 Release Notes
9.0 Update 2	9.0.0.1715	9.0.0.902 or 9.0.0.1491	9.0 Update 2 KB
9.0 Update 1	9.0.0.1491	9.0.0.902	9.0 Update 1 KB
9	9.0.0.902	Version 8 any patch level, 7 patch 4	9.0 Release Notes
8.0 Update 3	8.0.0.2084	8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817, 8.0.0.831, 8.0.0.917, 8.0.0.2018, 8.0.0.2021, 8.0.0.2029 or 8.0.0.2030	9.0 Update 3 KB
8	8.0.0.817	7.0 or 6.5	8.0 Release Notes
7 Patch 4	7.0.0.871	7.0.0.690, 7.0.0.715, 7.0.0.764, 7.0.0.771, 7.0.0.833, 7.0.0.839 or 7.0.0.870	7.0 Patch 4 KB
7	7.0.0.690	6.5, 6.1 and 6.0 (any patch level)

Whilst the above table is useful when planning your Veeam upgrade path. Be sure to refer to the release notes to ensure you have captured all the details relevant to planning the upgrade of your environment.

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