Questions regarding upgrading Veeam Oracle Plugin

[Voodoo]

Hi all,

Currently we have some solaris boxes.
Veeam Solaris Agent = v4.5 (included with Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2)
Veeam Oracle plugin = v12.2
VBR version = 12.2.0

Soon we will be upgrading VBR to 12.3.1 and I have the following questions:

1. Will the Oracle plugin (12.2) require updating to 12.3.1?

The upgrade guide states

Note that Veeam Backup & Replication supports only two latest minor updates of Veeam Plug-ins. For example, Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 supports Veeam Plug-ins of versions 12.3 and 12.2.

Does this mean VBR 12.3.1.1139 supports oracle plugin 12.2 since it is one minor version below?

2.When upgrading the oracle solaris plugin the steps mention pkgadd administration file (admin_file).

Make sure the pkgadd administration file (admin_file) contains the following entry: "instance=overwrite". For details, see this Oracle article.

I'm not a solaris admin, but still want to be familiar with the process before hand.

Would the following be a suitable admin_file

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mail=
instance=overwrite
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
rdepend=nocheck
space=nocheck
setuid=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
action=nocheck
networktimeout=60
networkretries=3
authentication=quit
keystore=/var/sadm/security
proxy=
basedir=default

So then the upgrade command is simply

sudo pkgadd -a /tmp/my_admin_file -d /tmp/VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-12.3.1.1139-1.SPARC.pkg

Thanks

[PetrM]

Hello,

1. Yes, Veeam B&R version 12.3.1.1139 supports the 12.2 plug-in. We check the second octet only in the build number.

2. Looks like the required line is there but let me have more time to verify this. I will update the topic as soon as I have more information.

Thanks!

[PetrM]

@Voodoo The command provided in your post should work, as the admin_file contains the required line and is completely valid for carrying out the upgrade.

Thanks!

[Voodoo]

@PetrM
Thanks so much for the quick reply.
Makes the upgrade a little less stressful.

Cheers.