Support for the v12.1 (VBR/EM) is now available in the Veeam Collection for Ansible!
Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 is an incredible release jam-packed with goodies! Among those is a brand new process for installing & upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, and the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
I’m happy to report this collection fully supports this process!
Please review the below changelog for more detailed changes in this release:
Breaking Changes
- Changed default ISO checksum algorithm from SHA256 to SHA1
- As Veeam’s website doesn’t provide SHA256 checksum, this only made sense to change.
Major Changes
- Added support for new silent install process available in version 12.1
- Added support for new silent install process available in version 12.1
- Added support for Veeam Backup & Replication Console 12.1 install
- Added support for Veeam Backup & Replication Console 12.1 upgrade
Minor Changes
- Updated ISO to version 12.1
- Updated logic for ISO download
- As this is a long running process, Ansible will now provide you an update every 30 seconds if the download is complete.
- Added support for specifying install directory for 12.1 and later
- Added support for installing VBR plugins for 12.1 and later
- Updated ansible-lint - Now using ansible-lint 6.22.2
- Updated collection dependencies - Validated this collection supports the latest stable version of dependencies (ansible.windows/community.windows)
Bugfixes
- Fixed lint errors - Made necessary changes to conform with current best practices
- Added retry when starting Veeam services
- In rare cases after a reboot, Veeam services takes longer to start which resulted in a timeout.
Deprecations
- Dropping support for installing version 10
For those not familiar with this Ansible collection, please see this blog post for an introduction.
