Can we get smaller update downloads, or at least direct downloads of the ISO files?

[mikeely]

Bringing our system up from 12.0 to 12.1, so a point release, forcing me to download the whole stack of stuff. Sure seems like a delta would be friendlier than the whole stack if we've already got everything installed.

Then, to add insult to injury, it's a 9.2 GB zip file, which then needs to be "uncompressed" into a 11.2 GB directory before use, so that's 21.4 GB of high-performance disk being burned up before we can even start the upgrade. And what's in that directory? Two ISO files. Bandwidth is cheaper than disk, can we not just directly access those ISO files directly?

But really, it would be nice to just create patch installers for both components.

[Gostev]

Good point Mike. We literally just decided a few days ago to get rid of ZIP/EXE and deliver everything as an ISO, even updates. Should really help, not only with disk space (who cares these days) but more importantly, the speed of installation due to no need to extract first.

As for 12.0 to 12.1, sorry but no delta this time... a 10 months release cycle that resulted in 24 pages of What's New documentation is bound to touch every single component. I guess we should have just called it V13

[mikeely]

"I guess we should have just called it V13"
And then you'd have people complaining that there weren't enough new features to call it a full version release instead - can't win really

Good to know regarding the direct ISO downloads. Thanks!

[david23267]

These 12.9GB ISO files aren't any better honestly.

We really need update files back, I know it's extra work, but between this, and the extremely large amount of log files that Veeam keeps, these massive ISOs are a bit silly.

[ITinSpace]

This is another request that's been around for a couple of years and even has a response from Gostev in 2024, but has yet to be implemented. Why is Veeam putting out "patches" that are 12+GB ISO files? I can patch the entire Windows server OS with a smaller .MSU file ~typically less than 3-4GB, so why does an application require such a large ISO that basically re-installs the entire program - to include plug-ins and services that we have previously uninstalled in our environment due to security issues with them? Please let make your updates smaller in file size and let your customers choose the plug-ins/services that they need to install on their systems without using a "one size fits all" mentality when it comes to patching and software installation. Contrary to what Gostev said above, I would rather have a ZIP/EXE update vice an ISO, as long as it's much smaller in size and allows me to choose what gets installed. This question is directly related to the forum post below.

veeam-backup-replication-f2/feature-req ... 97884.html

[ITinSpace]

To upvote this, please "like" each comment requesting this as a feature instead of adding a new comment. Apparently, per Veeam support, that's how you upvote things here in the forums, even though that process is not spelled out or documented at all in the FAQ.