Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 released

[Arthur]

Update 4 officially supports Windows Server 2019.

 

What's New (PDF) / Release Notes (PDF)

 

[Arthur]

Update 4a is now available.

 

https://www.veeam.com/kb2926

 

Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4a is a cumulative hotfix rollup that addresses issues reported by customers on the original build of Update 4, and adds the following platform support enhancements:

 

• VMware vSphere 6.7 U2 readiness, including support for virtual hardware version 15. Please note that the testing has been performed on pre-release 6.7 U2 builds, while official support will still require a comprehensive testing of the GA build.
  
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019 is now supported as a source for Microsoft Hyper-V VMs backup jobs.
  
• Dell EMC Data Domain using DD OS 6.2 is now supported as the backup repository via both DDBoost and CIFS/NFS protocols.
  
• New Japanese era compatibility. 新元号対応済み
  

Update 4a resolves the following common support issues:

 

• Certificate verification issues cause the backup console taking to long to open, or failing to open with "Object reference not set to an instance to an object" from backup console or "Could not load file or assembly" error in the log.
  
• Upgrade to Update 4 fails with the "Database version downgrade detected ... Reboot and restart the setup" error on machines where system time regional format uses a.m. and p.m. (lowercase with dots).
  
• SureBackup jobs start failing after upgrading to Update 4 due to virtual lab settings incorrectly updated by the configuration upgrade, in case of lack of free disk space in the vPower NFS cache folder.
  
• On Hyper-V versions prior to 2016, jobs with application-aware processing disabled fail with "The system cannot find the file specified" error.
  
• Backup of Windows XP SP1 VMs fails with the "Failed to call RPC function Vss.GetFileFromGADir" error.
  
• Various primary storage integration issues with HPE Nimble, NetApp, IBM and Dell EMC VNX storage.
  
• Tape support reliability issues, including a number of UI performance issues with tape management functionality.
  
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst library memory leak issue (solved by updating the library to version 24.90.0.8).
  
• VeeamZIP™ operation incorrectly consumes a license for VMs that were previously licensed by regular backup jobs.
  

In addition, Update 4a addresses over 300 minor Update 4 bugs reported by customers and found during the internal testing.

[kennysarmy]

I've just gone to update my VEEAM Server and see that you cannot install update 4a as a patch - you have to download the whole ISO - anyone got any instructions for installing one of these?

All previous VEEAM updates I've done where just click and run!

[FishCustard]

If you're not already on Update 4, then yeah you'll need the ISO.

 

Helpfully, Veeam B&R doesn't tell you whether you're on Update 4 or not - you have to work it out from the version number. The "missing updates" checker will also just tell you to download 4a, regardless of what you're running.

[kennysarmy]

Decent instructions here:

 

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/upgrade_vbr.html?ver=95u4#upgrade

[supportman]

Just unpack the iso and run the installer, I did this last week on a new 2019 backup server and it upgraded fine.

 

You can't do it just with the upgrade patch if you are a few versions behind like I was.

[Arthur]

Update 4b is now available.

 

www.veeam.com/kb2970