Updating Veeam Appliances

Update operations are managed by Veeam Updater — a Veeam service that runs on backup server or other backup infrastructure components deployed from Veeam appliances — Veeam Software Appliance and Veeam Infrastructure Appliance. The service communicates with components through Veeam Backup & Replication REST API and uses the Veeam Identity Service for authorization.

The following updates can be installed:

• Operating system and security updates — mandatory, installed automatically and cannot be skipped or canceled.
• Veeam Backup & Replication security updates — mandatory, installed automatically and cannot be skipped or canceled.
• Veeam Backup & Replication updates including major releases, minor releases and private fixes — optional.

You can access Veeam Updater in the following ways:

• In the Veeam Host Management console, click Updates in the main menu.
• In the Veeam Backup & Replication web UI, click About in the main menu. Then, click the Updater interface link in the Product Information section.
• In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, click Updates > Check for Updates in the main menu. Alternatively, you can click Updates > Missing Updates in the main menu and click the name of the server.

In This Section

• How Updates Work
• Configuring Updates
• Checking Updates
• Installing Updates
• Viewing Update History