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.
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Consider the following:
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Before You Begin
You must select the installation files. To do this, perform the following steps:
- Download the current setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 from this Veeam webpage.
- Open the setup archive and find the following packages:
- [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.
- 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)
- Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.DEB)
- Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.TAR.GZ)
- Upgrading Plug-In on IBM AIX
Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.RPM)
To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 on a Linux machine, do the following:
- 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.
- To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following commands:
- 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 |
- 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:
- 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.
- To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following commands:
- 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 |
- 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:
- Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforDB2.tar.gz file to the Oracle server.
- 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 |
- 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 |
To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for IBM Db2 on an IBM AIX machine, do the following:
- Upload the VeeamPluginforDB2-13.0.0.4967-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm package to the Oracle server.
- 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 |