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.
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Before starting the upgrade process, make sure that there are no jobs running on the Veeam Agent computer. |
The upgrade procedure differs depending on the Linux distribution that you use:
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in CentOS 7 / RHEL 6 – 8
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in RHEL 9
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Oracle Linux 6 – 8
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Fedora / Oracle Linux 9
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in openSUSE
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 12 SP4 – SP5, 15 SP1 – SP2
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 15 SP3 – SP5
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Debian 10 / Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (kernel 5.4)
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Debian 11 – 12.0 / Ubuntu 22.04, 22.10 and 23.04
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in CentOS 7 / RHEL 6 – 8
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following command:
yum update veeam |
With these commands, a pre-built binary package with Veeam kernel module will be installed in your system. To stay on the DKMS version of the Veeam kernel module, use the following command for upgrade:
yum update veeamsnap && yum update veeam |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in RHEL 9
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following command:
yum install kmod-blksnap veeam --allowerasing |
With this command, a pre-built binary package with the Veeam kernel module 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 Veeam kernel module to a pre-built binary. To stay on the DKMS version, use the following command for upgrade:
yum install blksnap veeam --allowerasing |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Oracle Linux 6 – 8
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following command:
yum update veeam |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Fedora / Oracle Linux 9
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following command:
yum update veeam --allowerasing |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in openSUSE
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:
For openSUSE Tumbleweed
zypper update veeam |
For openSUSE Leap 15.3 with default kernel
zypper in -- replacefiles blksnap-kmp-default veeam |
For openSUSE Leap 15.3 with preemptive kernel
zypper in -- replacefiles blksnap-kmp-preempt veeam |
For openSUSE Leap 15.4 and 15.5
zypper in -- replacefiles blksnap-kmp-default veeam |
With these commands, a pre-built binary package with the Veeam kernel module 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 Veeam kernel module to a pre-built binary. To stay on the DKMS version, use the following command for upgrade:
zypper update veeam |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 12 SP4 – SP5, 15 SP1 – SP2
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:
For default kernel
zypper in veeamsnap-kmp-default veeam |
For preemptive kernel
zypper in veeamsnap-kmp-preempt veeam |
With these commands, a pre-built binary package with Veeam kernel module 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 Veeam kernel module to a pre-built binary. To stay on the DKMS version, use the following command for upgrade:
zypper update veeam |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in SLES 15 SP3 – SP5
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:
For SLES 15 SP3 with default kernel
zypper in -- replacefiles blksnap-kmp-default veeam |
For SLES 15 SP3 with preemptive kernel
zypper in -- replacefiles blksnap-kmp-preempt veeam |
For SLES 15 SP4 and SP5
zypper in -- replacefiles blksnap-kmp-default veeam |
With these commands, a pre-built binary package with the Veeam kernel module 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 Veeam kernel module to a pre-built binary. To stay on the DKMS version, use the following command for upgrade:
zypper in --replacefiles blksnap veeam |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Debian 10 / Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (kernel 5.4)
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:
apt-get update |
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in Debian 11 – 12.0 / Ubuntu 22.04, 22.10 and 23.04
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:
apt-get update |