postgresql 15 -> 17

[karsten123]

hi,
is there a from Veeam supported and documented way for a upgrade for postgresql 15.x to 17.x?

is it worth the effort or is it just fine to stay on latest 15 version?

Veeam server is a Windows based v13.

Tia
Karsten

[david.domask]

Hi Karsten,

I would advise schedule a maintenance window and then do a Configuration Migration using the native Configuration Restore utility.

Updating to more recent versions of PGSQL are generally recommended, at least for security fixes; staying on PGSQL 15.x latest security patches should be enough until you're prepared to migrate to PGSQL 17.

[chrislove]

Yeah we had the same question and had to do this as well (config backup > restore). Does 15.x go EOL before VBR v13? so those we upgraded from v12 using postgresql may need the same doing.

[karsten123]

ok. got it.
but is there a step by step how to for going from 15 to 17? i am not a postgresql guy and do not know how to do it. and maybe there are Veeam specific things to consider?