We have migrated our Veeam server to a new VM but old VM keeps active, and the job is running on that VM. What is the process to decommission the old backup server? because all jobs are disabled but SOBR is still running. Should I just uninstall Veeam software if new VM is running all jobs?
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Decommission old veeam server
Best answer by coolsport00
Hi
So, all your Jobs from the old server are no longer running on it, correct? And, you have all Jobs, Proxies, Repos, and other Veeam components running successfully on the new server?
If that is the case, and you have all Veeam services disabled on the old, you can safely remove/uninstall everything on the old and delete. If you have a SOBR running on the old and is only “connected” to Jobs on the old VBR server, and you want to keep those old backups for a time, you can just power off your old server and it would be like having an “offline” copy of your backups to recover to if needed. Obviously, you can only use those for a certain time, depending on your RPOs for such a situation (malware/ransomware attack).
Hope that helps. Let us know if more info if needed.
Best.
+20Hi
So, all your Jobs from the old server are no longer running on it, correct? And, you have all Jobs, Proxies, Repos, and other Veeam components running successfully on the new server?
If that is the case, and you have all Veeam services disabled on the old, you can safely remove/uninstall everything on the old and delete. If you have a SOBR running on the old and is only “connected” to Jobs on the old VBR server, and you want to keep those old backups for a time, you can just power off your old server and it would be like having an “offline” copy of your backups to recover to if needed. Obviously, you can only use those for a certain time, depending on your RPOs for such a situation (malware/ransomware attack).
Hope that helps. Let us know if more info if needed.
Best.
Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
+2Yes, You can safely uninstall the VBR from the OLD VM if you have already migrated to new Veeam server. I assume that it’s not part of the SOBR repository
Just for the safer side you take the configuration backups of the Veeam database and keep them safe just in case if you need.
Mohamed Ali | VUG leader | VMCE 2024, VCP-DCV, CCP-V
+21If you want to have a backup you could disable and stop all services then power down the VM. If you ever have an issue with the new server you can always restore the configuration backup to the old to get going again. If that is not the case then just remove the software and be done.
Chris Childerhose - VMCA2024 | VMCE2023 | VMCE-SP2024 | Veeam Vanguard 8* | Veeam Legend 5* | vExpert 6* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
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+3Once you have migrated the Veeam server using the configuration file, the original Veeam server should have had it’s services stopped and disabled to avoid any possible conflict with the new server. Like Chris has said, you can always restore the config file from your new server back to the original if some kind of issue is discovered. (Of course, disabling services on that one if that happens).
If it was me I’d disconnect the network (if it’s a VM) from the original server and power it off, then delete it after a couple months if no issues.
Tommy O’Shea, VMCE, VMCE-SP, VMCA
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