Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux

For Veeam Agent for Linux, upgrade to newer versions is supported. You can start the upgrade process when the new version becomes available.

During the upgrade process, configuration and backup files that were created with the previous version of Veeam Agent are not impacted in any way.

The upgrade procedure differs depending on the Linux distribution that you use:

• Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in CentOS / RHEL
• Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Fedora / Oracle Linux
• Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in openSUSE
• Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 11 SP4
• Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 12 SP1 – SLES 15 SP1
• Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Debian / Ubuntu

Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in CentOS / RHEL

To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:

or

With these commands, a pre-built veeamsnap binary package will be installed in your system. To stay on the DKMS version of the veeamsnap kernel module, use the following command for upgrade:

Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Fedora / Oracle Linux

To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following command:

Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in openSUSE

To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:

For openSUSE Tumbleweed

For openSUSE Leap 15.2

With these commands, a pre-built veeamsnap binary package will be installed in your system. The --force key is required to properly replace the missing link to .ko in case of update from the DKMS version of the veeamsnap kernel module to a pre-built binary. To stay on the DKMS version, use the following command for upgrade:

Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 11 SP4

To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:

For Default kernel

For Xen kernel

For Trace kernel

For PAE kernel

With these commands, a pre-built veeamsnap binary package will be installed in your system. The --force key is required to properly replace the missing link to .ko in case of update from the DKMS version of the veeamsnap module to a pre-built binary. To stay on the DKMS version, use the following command for upgrade:

Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 12 SP1 – SLES 15 SP1

To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux:

1. Download the Veeam software repository installation package (veeam-release) from the Veeam Download page, and save the downloaded package on the computer where you plan to install the product.
2. Install the Veeam software repository installation package with the following command:

3. Upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux with the following commands:

For Default kernel

For Xen kernel

With these commands, a pre-built veeamsnap binary package will be installed in your system. The --force key is required to properly replace the missing link to .ko in case of update from the DKMS version of the veeamsnap module to a pre-built binary. To stay on the DKMS version, use the following command for upgrade:

Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Debian / Ubuntu

To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands: