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Veeam Backup & Replication Upgrade Paths

KB ID: 2053
Product: Veeam Backup & Replication | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12.1
Published: 2015-07-10
Last Modified: 2024-03-13
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Tenants of Veeam Cloud Service Providers

If your Veeam Backup & Replication installation is connected to a Veeam Cloud Service Provider, contact your Service Provider before upgrading to ensure that the intended upgrade will not break compatibility.

A tenant cannot be on a newer version of Veeam Backup & Replication than the Service Provider.

Purpose

This article documents the upgrade path to be taken to get to the most recent version of Veeam Backup & Replication.

Solution

End of Support Upgrade Path

There is no supported upgrade path for products that have reached End of Support.

A new Veeam Backup & Replication server must be created using the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication.


Exception:
If a Veeam Backup & Replication version is listed as a minimum version to upgrade from in a supported version's upgrade guide, that upgrade is supported. This article includes upgrade paths for those exceptions until no supported version of Veeam Backup & Replication supports upgrading from them.
For example:

 

9.5 Update 4b to 12.1

Path: 9.5 U4b (9.5.4.2866) 10a 12.1
  1. Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 10a
  2. Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1

10 to 12.1

Path: 10 (10.0.0.x) 10a 12.1
  1. Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 10a
  2. Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1

10a to 12.1

Path: 10a (10.0.1.x)  12.1
  1. Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1

11/11a to 12.1

Path: 11/11a  12.1
  1. Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1

12 to 12.1

Path: 12  12.1
  1. Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1
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