Appendix A. Deploying Hotfix on Protected Linux Computers

This scenario describes how to deploy a hotfix on protected computers with installed Veeam Agent for Linux. A hotfix for Veeam Agent for Linux is a set of updated Veeam Agent packages that addresses a certain issue in the product. Veeam Software issues a hotfix in one of the following cases:

• To mitigate an existing issue in the product. In this case, a hotfix is provided by Veeam Customer Support.
• To add support of a new distribution version to the product. In this case, a hotfix is available in the Veeam software repository.

If you have several Veeam Agent for Linux installations managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, you can centrally deploy a hotfix on all managed agents using the distribution server.

Prerequisites

Before you deploy a Veeam Agent hotfix on protected Linux computers:

• Check that protected computers are powered on and can be connected over the network.
• Check the dedicated distribution server settings. Distribution server is used for deployment Veeam Agent setup files to protected computers. To learn more, see Distribution Server.

Each protection group can have a different distribution server. To check the distribution server settings of the protection group:

1. Open the Inventory view.
2. In the inventory pane, expand the Physical & Cloud Infrastructure node.
3. In the inventory pane, select the protection group that contains computers with an outdated Veeam Agent installed and click Edit Group on the ribbon or right-click the protection group that you want to edit and select Properties.

4. At the Options step of the wizard, in the Deployment section, check what distribution server is selected for the protection group.

To automatically deploy hotfix on all Veeam Agent computers, make sure that the Install backup agent automatically and Auto-update backup agent check boxes are selected.

Deployment Procedure

To deploy a hotfix on protected Linux computers included in the protection group, perform the following steps:

1. Obtain Veeam Agent for Linux packages from Veeam Customer Support or download packages from the Veeam software repository.
2. Save Veeam Agent for Linux packages to the following folder on the distribution server:

• For 32-bit CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / openSUSE / SLES

• For 64-bit CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / openSUSE / SLES

• For 32-bit Debian / Ubuntu

• For 64-bit Debian / Ubuntu

3. Rescan the protection group:
2. Open the Inventory view.
3. In the inventory pane, expand the Physical & Cloud Infrastructure node.
4. In the inventory pane, select the necessary protection group and click Rescan on the ribbon or right-click the protection group and select Rescan.