Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux with Kernel Module
The commands for the upgrade of Veeam Agent for Linux differ depending on the Linux distribution:
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in CentOS 7 / RHEL 6 – 8 / Rocky Linux 8 / AlmaLinux 8
- Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in RHEL 9 / Rocky Linux 9.3 – 9.5 / AlmaLinux 9.3 – 9.5
- 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 – SP6
- 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 – 12.8 / Ubuntu 22.04, 22.10, 23.04, 23.10, 24.04 and 24.10
Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux in CentOS 7 / RHEL 6 – 8 / Rocky Linux 8 / AlmaLinux 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 / Rocky Linux 9 / AlmaLinux 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 – 15.6
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 – SP6
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 – SP6
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 – 12.8 / Ubuntu 22.04, 22.10, 23.04, 23.10, 24.04 and 24.10
To upgrade Veeam Agent for Linux, use the following commands:
apt-get update |