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Upgrade V12 to VSA V13

  • June 19, 2026
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I currently have a Veeam Backup & Replication v12 environment running on Windows Server. I have acquired a new server and plan to migrate my backup infrastructure to Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) v13 in order to benefit from immutability and the enhanced security features provided by the appliance.

I would appreciate it if you could share your experience and best practices regarding this migration.

Specifically, I am looking for guidance on the recommended procedure to migrate from Veeam Backup & Replication v12 on Windows Server to Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) v13, while preserving existing backup jobs, repositories, configuration, and historical backups.

Any feedback, lessons learned, or official migration steps would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Best answer by Chris.Childerhose

You need to contact Support for the migration as they will review your logs and give you a key specifically for the migration along with instructions to prepare.

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    Chris.Childerhose
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    • Chris.Childerhose
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    • June 19, 2026

    You need to contact Support for the migration as they will review your logs and give you a key specifically for the migration along with instructions to prepare.

    Chris Childerhose (Enterprise Architect) - VMCE+ | VMCA | VMCE | VMCE-SP | Veeam Vanguard 8* | Veeam Legend 5* | VUG Canada Leader | vExpert 7* | Toronto VMUG Leader | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV/VCP-VVF | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
      Stabz
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      • Stabz
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      • June 23, 2026

      ​@JB-Mobio there is a kb for this https://www.veeam.com/kb4800! You need to be assist by Veeam !
      Before to start :

      1.  Ensure that you have instance-based licenses (VUL)

      If you are using CDP jobs, they will not be migrated and must be reconfigured manually after the migration is complete.


       

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        Michael Melter
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        Currently, there is no self-service way to migrate. There might be one in the future. Therefore, you have to do it together with Veeam support.

        Also pay attention with the upcoming 13.1 release. Currently, the migration is only supported from 13.0.2. So, once you upgraded to 13.1 in your Windows stack, you might be out of migration options for at least a while. 

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