Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5 now available to download

[Arthur]

Finally!

 

Download / Release Notes

 

[mikkydoos]

Aaargh. I only just updated mine to v9 a month ago !!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

EDIT:

 

Hhhhmmm. Not showing up on my portal. Just v9 update 2

 

 

EDIT2:

 

Aaah. Its on the product download page not the updates page.

Edited November 18, 2016 by mikkydoos

[Bob_the_Goon]

Is Version 9 stable? I've been holding off upgrading from v8 in case it causes any issues.

 

Although, I think now might be the time to upgrade.

[Sylv3r]

I stuck 9.5 on yesterday, backups worked fine again last night. I just love veeam !

[Paid_Peanuts]

What makes 9.5 worth upgrading to?

[jdoldridge]

I upgraded to 9.5 yesterday, usually I would hold off doing upgrades or major work on a Friday but Veeam just works so well I didn't expect any issues with the upgrade, and I didn't have any either, backups have all run fine by the looks of it so far

[Arthur]

What makes 9.5 worth upgrading to?

Upgrading to 9.5 is a no brainer IMO. In addition to full Windows Server 2016 support you also get a lot of nifty ReFS-related features that increase reliability and make backups take up less space/restore faster.

 

https://www.veeam.com/backup-replication-features.html (new and enhanced features are highlighted in red)

 

https://www.veeam.com/blog/advanced-refs-integration-coming-veeam-availability-suite.html

 

[mikkydoos]

Is Version 9 stable? I've been holding off upgrading from v8 in case it causes any issues.

 

Although, I think now might be the time to upgrade.

 

 

Y. 9 is excellent. Veeam totally rocks!

[Arthur]

http://www.virtual-allan.com/veeam-br-9-5-upgrade-all-active-full-schedules-reset/

 

I just saw this in the Veeam forum. After upgrading to version 9.5 of Veeam Backup & Replication, all jobs that has configured "active full" will have the schedule reset to default (first Monday) for the "active full".

 

Veeam has reported this as a bug, and are working on a fix.

 

See the forum thread here: https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-backup-replication-f2/all-active-full-schedules-reset-with-9-5-t39349.html

 

Temporary fix: Document the settings for all jobs before upgrading and manual edit the jobs after upgrading.

Edited December 6, 2016 by Arthur

[Arthur]

Update 1 is now available.

 

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 1

[Arthur]

Microsoft KB4013429 breaks Hyper-V 2016 Backup

[mikkydoos]

Hhhhm.

 

Now I know why I use VMWare.

Windows on Windows hypervisor.

 

Hhhmmm.

 

That again is...... Hhhmmm.

[Arthur]

Update 2 was released a few days ago.

 

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2

 

This update also resolves the following common support issues:

 

• Networkless restores for files above 10MB should no longer result in corrupted file restored.
  
• Backup infrastructure resource scheduling algorithms have been improved to reduce job initialization delays in large infrastructures.
  
• Shutting down or rebooting the backup server should now correctly stop all jobs.
  
• Repository throttling rules should now correctly apply to Veeam Agent for Windows 2.0 synthetic full backups.
  
• Instant VM Recovery should now be possible for VMs for which the original host is no longer registered with Veeam.
  
• Fixed backup metadata resync issues caused by using storage-based replication or similar means of transferring backup files between Veeam backup repositories registered in the same backup server.
  
• Improved SureBackup performance and domain controller (DC) recoverability testing logic. As a side effect, the recoverability testing for DCs backed up without application-aware processing will always fail (which however represents typical real-life recovery result from such a backup).
  
• Improved Hyper-V 2016 RCT backup performance and off-host backup reliability.
  
• Improved Direct NFS transport mode compatibility with Tintri storage.