Upgrading Plug-In for SAP HANA

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.

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 SAP HANA from this Veeam webpage.
2. Open the setup archive and find the following packages:

1. In the \VeeamPluginForSAPHANA-13.0.0.4967\veeam-openssl3 folder, find the veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm package.
2. In the \VeeamPluginForSAPHANA-13.0.0.4967\x64 folder, find the Veeam Plug-In installation file that suits your OS.

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

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

Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.RPM)

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA from the .RPM package, perform the following:

1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm packages to the SAP HANA server.
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:

2. Upgrade Veeam Plug-In:

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

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA on a Linux machine from the .TAR.GZ archive, do the following:

1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and  VeeamPluginforSAPHANA.tar.gz files to the SAP HANA server.
2. Install the veeam-openssl3 package that is required for the Veeam Plug-In functioning:

3. In the terminal, open the folder that contains the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA.TAR.GZ archive.
4. Unpack the plug-in files from the archive to the /opt/veeam directory. Old Veeam Plug-In files will be replaced by new files.