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Upgrading vCenter from 5 to 6. What do I need for veeam?

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I plan to upgrade our vCenter server from 5.0 to 6.0 update 2. Then as a phased upgrade approach, do an ESXi server each day until the cluster is at 6.0 update 2 level.

What do I need to know for Veeam as it connects directly to our current vcenter by name? I plan to start this upgrade today and the next backup job is at 8 PM tonight, so I want to ensure a smooth process where backups are still successful.

Thanks for any information you may have.
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Re: Upgrading vCenter from 5 to 6. What do I need for veeam

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Hi,

I'll recommend to rescan the vCenter server within Veeam, just to make sure login credentials are working and Veeam knows where to find what etc.

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/vsp ... escan.html
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Re: Upgrading vCenter from 5 to 6. What do I need for veeam

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Veeam B&R connects to vCenter server by the name or IP address you've used to add it to Veeam B&R console. Provided you're doing in-place upgrade and that name/address is preserved, your jobs should continue to run normally.
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Re: Upgrading vCenter from 5 to 6. What do I need for veeam

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Ok, now that 6.0 has VMware SSo, should I use my Administrator@vsphere.local account (example)? Or continue to use my Active Directory account that has access to those objects in vSphere (from 5.0).
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Re: Upgrading vCenter from 5 to 6. What do I need for veeam

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Well I changed the credentials to the new SSO Admin credentials created during the upgrade from 5.0 to 6.0. I did a rescan and it was sucessful. So here's hoping that tonight's backups go well.

I have two ESXi servers on 6.0 update 2 but 6 others on 5.0 patch 12 yet. Not going to put all our eggs in one basket and upgrade every host in the same day (hopefully that won't be a problem for Veeam).
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Re: Upgrading vCenter from 5 to 6. What do I need for veeam

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Shouldn't be a problem, unless you'd want to replicate down to the previous version.
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