Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2 released and upgrade procedure

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Veeam released the new Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2 providing new features and platforms support, such as Proxmox VE and VMware vSphere 8.0.3.

Several new capabilities and enhancements are provided with the new 12.2 version including the most demanded features and global performance improvements.

Veeam Backup & Replication can be directly upgraded to version v12.2 if the installed version is at least version 11a (build 11.0.1.1261).

 

New feature highlights

Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2 provides several new features and enhancements.

 

Proxmox VE

Veeam now supports native host-based backups of virtual machines running on Proxmox VE platform.

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  • Immutable backups - VM backups can be protected against ransomware encryption, deletion, changes, and overwriting leveraging the immutability feature.
  • Backup performance - virtual machine backups are optimized to ensure fast and efficient operations leveraging the CBT technology and HotAdd backup mode. CBT works also for powered off VMs.
  • Veeam BitLooker - unused disk blocks are automatically excluded from backup saving valuable storage space.
  • Repository - all Veeam Repository types are supported, including Object Storage and Hardened Repositories.
  • VM recovery - workloads running on the supported platforms (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Red Hat Virtualization, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, AWS,
    Azure and Google Cloud) can be restored to Proxmox VE and the other way around too. Physical Servers can also be restored to Proxmox VE.
  • Granular restore - changed and deleted files can be recovered ensuring business continuity limiting unplanned disruption.

 

Nutanix AHV

The integration with Nutanix AHV has been enhanced with improved centralized management, new capabilities and backup architecture simplification.

  • Prism Central integration - backup operations across Prism Central-managed clusters can be managed from a single backup appliance simplifying the backup architecture.
  • Dynamic Backup Jobs scope - leveraging the VM categories (aka tags), VMs are automatically included into Backup Jobs.
  • Backup from secondary VM copy - backups from VM replica can be enabled via a single checkbox offloading backup operations from production clusters reducing the impact on production environment.
  • Multiple network adapter - multiple NICs can now be used in both AHV appliance and workers to improve the data processing.
  • Advanced job settings -  compression level, block size, BitLooker options can now be adjusted to improve performance and optimize backup sized consumption.
  • Gmail and Microsoft 365 - in addition to SMTP, notifications via email can now be sent via Google Gmail and Microsoft 365.
  • Resources view - improved the VM inventory view, VMs can be added to existing protection policies with a single click.

 

MongoDB

Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2 offers the native support for backup and recovery of MongoDB on Linux.

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Extended support

  • VMware vSphere - added the full support for vSphere 8.0 Update 3.
  • SAP Hana - the plugin now supports the platform RHEL 9.4 for SAP HANA.
  • Veeam Agent for Linux - added full support for OpenSuse 15.6, SLES 15 SP6 (for x86_64), Debian 12.4 and Fedora 40.
  • Amazon AWS - support for Amazon Redshift Cluster and Amazon FSx protection.
  • Microsoft Azure - added support for data stored in Microsoft Azure Data Lake and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB.

 

Enhancements

  • CDP I/O Filter - version 12.2 allows multiple I/O filter protocol version support, ensuring the communication with upgraded backup server of later versions without service disruption.
  • Veeam App for Splunk - status of Veeam backup infrastructure can be monitored using using Splunk capabilities. The supported versions are Splunk Enterprise 9.1.0 or Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2308 and later.
  • SOBR direct to archive - Scale-out repositories now support the direct offload of data backups from Performance Tier to Archive Tier without landing on Capacity Tier first.

 

Security

  • Malware detection - improved the detection of Onion Links and Malware detection index improvements.
  • Role-Based Access (RBAC) - added the new role Incident API Operator role to better interact with Veeam Incident API REST endpoint.
  • Security & Compliance Analyzer - expanded the analyzers checks to enforce the security.

 

Image-level backup

  • Backup Copy - Backups Copy Jobs can now transfer data from Hardened Repositories directly to Object Storage without requiring a Gateway Server.
  • SureBackup - added the Continuous schedule feature to continuously testing random VMs for recoverability or scanning.

 

Veeam Agents

In Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2, Veeam Agent platforms capabilities have been extended with new features and improved performance.

 

Storage integration

  • Object storage - v12.2 introduces some enhancements and performance improvements for Object Storage Repositories.
  • HPE Storage Arrays - Veeam now supports the HPE’s native Virtual Lock functionality for HPE 3PAR, Primera, Alletra, and Alletra MP storage devices making the created storage snapshots immutable adding an extra layer of security.

 

Upgrade to Veeam and Replication v12.2

Before upgrading to Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2, make sure that no jobs are running.

Mount the Veeam installation ISO file and double click the Setup.exe file. Click Upgrade to proceed with the upgrade.

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Select Upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication option.

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Click I Accept to accept the EULA.

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Enable Update remote components automatically option and click Next.

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Enable Update license automatically and click Next.

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The system enable missing features.

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It may happen that the system must be rebooted to complete the components installation. Click Reboot if requested.

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Click Yes to confirm.

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Once rebooted, launch the upgrade procedure once again. Click Upgrade and follow same steps as described above.

Since all required features are enabled, the procedure continues until the next window. Leave LOCAL SYSTEM account selected and click Next.

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Based on your current installation, leave default settings and click Next.

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Click Yes to confirm.

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The wizard checks the system for possible compatibility issues (available space for example).

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Click Upgrade to install Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2.

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The upgrade is being installed in the system and it includes six steps.

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After some minutes the installation completes successfully. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

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When the upgrade to Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2 has been installed, the new build number will be 12.2.0.334.

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Additional info can be found in the Release Notes.

Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2 is available to download at Veeam website.

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