One of the things that I will be doing, starting with the v11 release, is preparing a “How to upgrade” Blog and Video situation that I will post here in the Veeam Community site. This will be an exclusive resource you will only get here!
Now just to be clear, this post will be straight blocking and tackling, it’s not going to cover what’s new, it’s for the person who has a previous version and is ready to upgrade. Here’s my loose agenda of what I plan on covering:
- Pre-Steps
- Key documentation to review
- Licensing and Product
- How to get license updated, steps to secure license admin/access
- How and where to download the product(s)
- Must-See Information
- Noting key changes/dropped platforms
- Known issues
- Key advice from Veeam Tech Support
- Common Case Summary thru RTM
- Note scenarios where “If you are using _X_ existing capability, it will be new this way: See this”
- Configuration Backup - Verify it is done, where it is, etc.
- Noting key changes/dropped platforms
- Upgrade and Beyond
- Information of doing the upgrade (Possibly a video of me doing it in lab)
- After the install
- How to use the new features if needs covered/’must see’
- Information on if you need to open a case, how-to, etc.
Keep in mind not all products will have this same outline, I’m trying to account for many scenarios.
My questions to you are:
- Do you see this would be helpful?
- Is there something missing?
- Is there an upgrade piece of advice you would share/something you do that I can incorporate as a recommendation?
