How do I upgrade BE2014 to BE2016?
I currently have BE 14.1 1786.1093 running on WS2012R2. The database is on a separate SQL Server 2012 SE server. Q1. How do I do an in-place upgrade on the WS2012R2 server to BE 16? Q2: I'm current...
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You can run the installer on the server where BE 2014 is installed and upgrade to BE 16. The configuration in BE 2014 is supported with BE 16
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100038914
So, just so I'm clear, high level steps:
1. Run the BE 2014.1 console on the BE server and add the BE16 slf key to BE 14.1
2. Run the BE16 FP2 installer on the BE server to do an in-place upgrade to BE 16.
Things to note: This is BE 2014.1 (not BE 2015 as per the referenced document), and SQL Server is 2012 not SQL Server 2014/2016.
Get the BE 16 licenses
Download BE 16
Start BE 16 Installation by clicking on Browser.exe in Installation Files
Then just go through the installation wizard and it will ask to put in the licenses and then just click next. Review each step and the upgrade should start and in the end after the upgrade completes it will probably ask for a reboot.
Note: Download BE 16 FP2 Installation files , then you dont have to apply the patch on top.
There will be one more update post FP2, so you can run the Live Update to get that as well.
Since this is an inplace upgrade, the configuration should remain intact. Make sure to update the remote agents if you are backing up remote servers
