Upgrading Product

Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris supports upgrade from version 2.0 or later to version 4.5. To upgrade the product, install the new Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris package in the regular way. To learn more, see Installing Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris. 

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

Upgrading Product from Version 1.0

If you run Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0, you must upgrade the product to version 2.0 or later, and then upgrade it to version 4.5.

Keep in mind that Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 4.0 and later does not support restore from backups created with Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0. To be able to restore data from such backups, you need to copy product configuration files before you upgrade Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0 to a newer version.

To do this, complete the following steps:

1. Copy Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0 configuration files from the product installation directory to a separate directory on the Veeam Agent machine or to a network shared folder. These configuration files are required to restore data from backups created with Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0. The following files are required:

• /etc/veeam/devices.ini.

This file contains information about backup locations configured in Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0.

• /etc/veeam/ubax.ini.

This file contains information about the default backup location specified in Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0.

• /etc/veeam/scripts/veeam.scp (or custom script that you specified in Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0 backup settings).

This file is required to restore data from a Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0 full backup using a restore script.

• /etc/veeam/media/*.lml.

Media library (.lml) files are required to restore data from a Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0 full backup using a media library entry.

2. Uninstall Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0. To do this, use the following command:

During the uninstallation process, backup files created with Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0 are not impacted in any way.

In case you need to restore data from a backup created with Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0, you will be able to install this version of the product once again and perform the necessary restore tasks. Alternatively, you can perform such tasks in Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 2.0 and later that support restore from Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 1.0 backups. For details, refer to the product documentation at Veeam Help Center.