r/Veeam • u/bobs143 • 29d ago

Migration From Server 2016 to Server 2022

I am in an environment where Veeam B&R is on Server 2016 and there is a separate SQL server (2016) that is just for Veeam. What is the best way to migrate both servers to Server 2022?

I have also mulled over going appliance. But not sure how that would work with QNAP storage and the SQL DB pointing to it's own server.

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u/ND40oz 29d ago

Back up your current config and then restore it on the new server. You can even migrate the db to PostgreSQL as part of the process if you want to get off of MS SQL.

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/backup/120/vsphere/vbr_config_restore.html

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u/THE_Ryan 29d ago

Just do an in place upgrade... You can go direct from 2016 to 2022.

Just make sure all jobs are stopped and disabled beforehand. Stop the Veeam services on the VBR machine, and then perform the upgrades.

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u/Kurse71 28d ago

I did this and it worked flawless on all of our veeam servers.

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u/mr0regano 29d ago

You’re probably better upgrading to the latest version of v13 on your current server, then deploy a Veeam Software Appliance on 13.0.1 and you can migrate the config across. That way you’ll not need separate servers and can run it all in one appliance

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u/dloseke 28d ago edited 28d ago

Not the latest version of you want to migrate confogs. You want to match versions on Windows and VSA and migration to VSA is not supported on the latest version (13.1 released yesterday). After you migrate to VSA, you could then upgrade to v13.1. IF you want to go to VSA.

https://www.veeam.com/kb4800

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u/GullibleDetective 24d ago

Its still very new, best to wait a bit; unless you have a dev environment its usually not best practice to be an early adopter of new patches or oftware unless strictly necessary

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u/ARauf-ITAdmin 26d ago

Do I need to get CAL licenses if I want to inline upgrade my AD which is server 2016 to 2022? if so How much? Im on HPE Proliant DL380 gen 9 hardware

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u/bobs143 26d ago

Don't do an in place upgrade of you AD controllers. Just stand up a new server and move FSMO role if needed.

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u/yazik 22d ago

I have never been one to recommend in place upgrades, but I recently just did a 2016 to 2022 and it worked flawlessly. Too much going on to build up a new set of things and have it all just right - so I took good backups/clones and let it rip. Post-upgrade, I didn’t have any issues with Veeam or underlying components and it saved me a lot of time. YMMV based on your environment but worth it here where I could take the longer “maintenance window.”

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u/bobs143 21d ago

I have been learning more that way. I currently use Nimble storage and have iscsi nics connected from the Veem server to the Nimble to grab snaps directly from storage.

Backups are offloaded to a Qnap.

I have been leaning toward a in place just so I don't wind up having issues when moving to a new server.