Migration

[kulh]

Hello,

I have Veeam Backup & Replication version 10 on physical server.
The physical machine is too old and faulty.
Operating System Windows server 2012 R2.

I will install Veeam Backup & Replication version 11 on the virtual machine.
Operating system windows server 2019.

how can i migrate my jobs, old backups, backup repositories and other settings?
Sorry for my bad english


have a nice day.

[Mildur]

Hi Hakan

Welcome to the forum.
We have a guide on how to migrate a VBR server to a new machine. The recommended way is to use our configuration backup to migrate the entire configuration.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110

May I ask, what backup repository you have in use? The migration process for the backup data depends on the used repository type.

Thanks
Fabian

[kulh]

Hi Fabian,

I read the guide. This will help me.
Will my old backups be transferred to the new server with this method?

I using direct attached storage as backup repository.

Thanks for your helping.

[Mildur]

Hi Hakan

You‘re welcome.
No, backups will not be transferred. Just the configuration.

I using direct attached storage as backup repository.

May I ask, what your new backup storage will be? You can’t connect a direct attached storage to the new vm. Without a new physical backup storage (NAS, Server), you would have to copy the backup data to a virtual disk.
Does the new virtual backup server run on the same hardware as your production VMs? The backup storage should not be a virtual disk inside the same infrastructure you have to protect.

Thanks
Fabian

Thanks
Fabian

[kulh]

Hi Fabian,

We can connect the disk on the old physical server to the new virtual server. This is the info I got from the virtualization team.
The new virtual server is independent of the production environment.

Thanks.

[Mildur]

Hi Hakan

If the virtual backup server runs on another hypervisor as your production environment, then it seems ok to me.
Just don't have the backup files and backup server on the same hypervisor as your production machines. That will give you less protection against hardware failure or attacks against the hypervisor. Also think about a second backup copy which is immutable or airgapped, in case you don't have one implemented already.

For the data migration question, after you have reconnected the storage with the new VBR server, you have to add it as a new backup repository and remap the backup jobs. We have a KB article for that process
https://www.veeam.com/kb1729

[kulh]

Thanks my friend.
You gave very good information.
The article will work for me.

have a nice day.

[maverickpasha]

I would like to migrate Veeam BDR free edition from WIN2012 (HDD) to WIN10 (SSD) .The Backup is stored on a separate Drive repository.Please let me know how to proceed?

[HannesK]

Hello,
and welcome to the forums.

I merged your question to one of the existing threads. Please see the answers above.

Best regards,
Hannes