Hello,
I am trying to clear 10 more GB of space on the C drive on a Veeam B&R physical box to make room for the latest patch. I've uninstalled obvious Veeam components I don't need (i.e. Linux, Unix, Azure, etc.) and I've moved log files (although I have a separate thread open with questions on that topic - post542659.html#p542659).
I'm trying to figure out what else I can do. Awhile back we migrated from SQL Server to PostgreSQL 15 and I uninstalled SQL Express afterwards. However, are any of the following also components of SQL Express that can be uninstalled?
Microsoft .NET Framework
Microsoft ASP.NET Core
Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime
Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 Runtime
Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2014
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
Also - any other Veeam components I can uninstall, even temporarily, to make space? Of course all these components will get reinstalled when I upgrade.
Veeam Backup VSS Integration
Veeam Distribution Service
Veeam Installer Service
Veeam Mount Service
Veeam Plug-Ins for Enterprise Applications Redistributable
- pretty sure this can go as we don't use the enterprise plug-ins
None of that can be uninstalled I'm afraid. However, did you consider simply uninstalling Veeam completely, doing a fresh install of 12.3.1 and restoring your latest configuration backup into this new install? This will allow to avoid upgrade completely.
Thank you Gostev! I had not thought of that but I may have no choice but to try! I'm not even 100% sure if a full uninstall will make up the difference in space, and I'm just about out of tricks. Hopefully I'll figure something out! Thanks again.
In fact I've just realized that you should not need to perform configuration restore, as uninstalling Veeam should keep the configuration database intact, allowing you to just reuse the existing database for the fresh install. However, do make a configuration backup just in case.
Ok good to know, thanks Gostev! Before I try that, I'm trying the following to try to clear old Windows Updates. I'd forgotten about this command. If this doesn't work I'll try the Veeam uninstall.
There's an easier way which I personally use all the time:
Run cleanmgr, click "Clean up system files" and you will see many more options appear including older Windows version remains (which I've seen take up to 20GB), upgrade logs (I've literally just deleted almost a GB of those from my PC) and a bunch of other non-essential stuff.
Thanks Gostev! Yep I did that first, including system files. It cleared a little but not enough. I moved all Veeam log files to the other drive and uninstalled all Veeam components I was able to - and I still only have 32.5GB of free space. I need 39.76 according to the installer. The dism command is running now - I have had some success with this doing a 'deeper dive' before so we'll see what happens! (It does take forever lol)
My concern is that I might uninstall Veeam and find I still need space, and won't be able to reinstall. I now have 33.8GB of free space, almost exactly 6GB shy of what I need. From looking at the sizes in the Control Panel, I'm not sure that uninstalling Veeam will give me 6GB. Can the .NET, ASP.NET, and Visual C++ entries be uninstalled along with Veeam, and they'll be reinstalled when I reinstall Veeam? That might do it.
Just to finish this thread, I ended up fully uninstalling Veeam AND the .NET, ASP and Visual C++ entries. Reinstall worked fine and it only reinstalled those components that the current version needed, so I ended up with a smaller install footprint overall which will help with the next patch! Thanks again Gostev!