Hi pkh..Thanks for the quick reply. Given that I already upgraded to Windows 2012R2 which renders BE services unable to start, I was not sure if the BE 2014 would detect all the BE 2012 components properly.
I did start the BE 2014 install process and got to the "Configure Options" section w/o seeing any reference that it detected BE 2012 and was doing an upgrade as opposed to a clean install of BE 2014. When I compared the "step by step" install instructions for BE 2014 in article 100012956, it defaulted to the "custom installation" window instead of letting me choose "typical" or "custom" install, so I did not get the "Service Account" entry window to enter the user account to run BE services, etc. In addition, during the "Configure Options", I didn't see the check box under the Backup Exec 2014 main options for "install Tape Device Drivers" checkbox listed, but the BE 2012 version already installed uses a tape drive.
I also have not found a step by step upgrade instruction sheet for my specific scenario so this is why I wanted to confirm that the upgrade BE 2012->BE 2014 could be done even after the server has been updated from W2008R2 to W2012R2, as BE 2012 is not running on the newly upgraded server.
Thanks for confirming that an upgrade and not clean install will occur.
