Upgrading Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2

Periodically, Veeam releases a new version of Veeam Backup & Replication that contains new features and bug fixes. The release package also contains a new version of Veeam Plug-Ins.

If you want to upgrade Veeam Plug-In, note that Veeam Backup & Replication must be the same or later than the version of Veeam Plug-In. If you want to use the latest functionality, you must upgrade both Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Plug-In to the latest version. After the upgrade, you don't need to re-run the Veeam Plug-In configuration wizard, the plug-in configuration files will be preserved.

Important

Consider the following:

  • You must upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication before you upgrade Veeam Plug-Ins. To learn how to upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication, see Upgrade and Update.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13 supports management of Veeam Plug-Ins 13. Management of previous versions of Veeam Plug-Ins is not supported.
  • Operations in the terminal of the machine with the database require root privileges.

Before You Begin

You must select the installation files. To do this, perform the following steps:

 

  1. Download the current setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 from this Veeam webpage.
  2. Open the setup archive and find the following packages:
  1. [For Linux[ In the \VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967\veeam-openssl3 folder, find the veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64 package in the format that suits your OS.
  2. In the \VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967\ folder, find the Veeam Plug-In installation file that suits your OS.

The upgrade procedure depends on the type of package and OS that you use:

Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.RPM)

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 on a Linux machine, do the following:

  1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm package to the machine with IBM Db2.
  2. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following commands:
  1. Install the veeam-openssl3 package that is required for the Veeam Plug-In functioning:

rpm -i veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm

  1. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following command:

rpm -U VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm

 

Tip

To find out which version of Veeam Plug-In is installed on your server, you can use the following command: rpm -qa | grep VeeamPlugin

Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.DEB)

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 on a Linux machine, do the following:

  1. Upload veeam-openssl3_3.0.0.31_amd64.deb and VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967-1_amd64.deb package to the machine with IBM Db2.
  2. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following commands:
  1. Install the veeam-openssl3 package that is required for the Veeam Plug-In functioning:

apt-get install veeam-openssl3_3.0.0.31_amd64.deb

  1. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following command:

apt-get install VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967-1_amd64.deb

 

Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.TAR.GZ)

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 on a Linux machine from the archive, do the following:

  1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforDB2.tar.gz file to the Oracle server.
  2. Install the veeam-openssl3 package that is required for the Veeam Plug-In functioning:

rpm -i veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm

  1. Unpack the plug-in files from the archive to the /opt/veeam directory. Old Veeam Plug-In files will be replaced by new files.

tar -xzvf VeeamPluginforDB2.tar.gz -C /opt/veeam

Upgrading Plug-In on IBM AIX

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 on an IBM AIX machine, do the following:

  1. Upload the VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm package to the Oracle server.
  2. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following command. Note that the operation requires root privileges.

rpm -U VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm