BE 2010 to 16 : Upgrade Failed
Hello,
I get errors below when I try to upgrade BE 2010 R3 SP4 to 16. I have also attached htm file. Thank you so much for your help.
It appears the SQL upgrade failed on the Microsoft side of things (outside the Backup Exec install).
I would suggest you make a copy of \Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data and \Catalogs folder to a safe location.
The existing SQL 2008R2 BKUPEXEC SQL instance appears to be half installed. You have the service registy entries but probably no binary files in the image path.
I would first see if you can re-install a named SQL Express instance called BKUPEXEC using the Backup Exec 20.1 install media.
Run :\BE\WinNT\Install\SQLExpress\SQLEXPR_x86_ENU.exe
When prompted see if you can install a named instanced called BKUPEXEC. There will be an option in the SQL install wizard to name the instance. There also may be a option to upgrade the exsiting BKUEPXEC if it detects it. It's possible the above not work at all.
This may require removing Backup Exec (save out data/catalogs as noted before) and pick the option to remove everything. Then remove any Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 components from Program/Featuers on the server.
Reboot.
You can install Backup Exec 20.1 fresh but install into path \Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec not a Veritas path as it will default to.
Once BE 20.1 is installed you can Stop the BE service and SQL BKUPEXEC serviced and copy back in your saved out \Data and \Catalog folder. Use BEMIG utility to migrate your Backup Exec 16 database to 20.1. https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100018032.html
If you can I would highly suggest opening a support case as above is a high level overview.