Veeam with ReFs and 2016

[cookiejc]

Hi, i've been trawling a number of posts on here regarding using ReFs repositories, early issues with 2016 and issues with 2019. Im currently using Veeam / ReFs in a smaller environment with Server 2016 1607 with good results and no major issues

We're building a new, much larger environment reusing some HPE Apollo Gen 9 servers which only Support server 2016 (at this time, we have applied for an exception from HPE support for 2019).

So my question is.. if you were deploying a Veeam Refs environment today on Server 2016 would you stick with LTSC / 1607 or go Semi-Annual? Are there any stability and improvements improvements in Semi-annual which arn't in a fully patched 1607 OS?

Many thanks!

[Gostev]

I recommend you stick to Server 2016 LTSC for guaranteed absence of surprises

[cookiejc]

Thanks for the response that's what I was thinking! Out of interest... is 2019 generally ok now with Veeam & RefS or still throwing in a few curve balls?

[Gostev]

Only 2019 SAC releases are OK at this time (1903 and 1909).

For LTSC, they only just now finally found the issue that was causing all the problems. So it's a question of waiting for an official update to be released. Which can potentially take months, based on the history. There's a big thread about this on the main VBR forum with updates from people testing the private fix.