Migration of Backup exec 12.5 from 2003 32-bit to 2008 64-bit . and also up-gradation of BE-12.5 to BE 2012

[kranthi_kumar]

Hi All , 

I need Best practices in Migrating Backup Exec 12.5 from 2003 to 2008 . and also Upgradation of BE 12.5 to BE 2012

This is my current environment 

• Current OS - 2003 R2 (32 -bit)
• Current BE version-12.5
• Current Service pack installed - sp4

Required environment

• OS - 2008 R2
• BE version - 2012

If any body help me on this . It will be Great .

[VJware]

Use a combination of these KBs-

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH129826

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH67768

Would recommend to upgrade from 12.5 to 2012 on the same server and then move to another server.

[kranthi_kumar]

Hi VJware ,

Thanks for your response .

can we do migration and then Upgradation to 2012 ?

Can we retaian all existing jobs on new server ??

[VJware]

Would not recommend migration first as BE 12.5 is not compatible with Win 2008 R2 as media server.

And yes, this process will retain your existing jobs. Do have a look at the following KB as BE 2012 is considerably different from its previous versions. If possible, I would recommend you to upgrade to the newly released BE 2014 instead of BE 2012.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH179977

[pkh]

You might want to read my article below before you upgrade to BE 2012

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/preparing-install-or-upgrade-be-2012

BE 2012 is server-centric. If you upgrade to BE 2012, your jobs would be split up if your jobs back up more than 1 server per job.  If you want to retain multiple servers per job, then you should upgrade to BE 2014 rather than BE 2012

[kranthi_kumar]

But , Customer asking us , do not disturb existing server  He wants to do upgradation or any changes on new server . In this case can we do Upgrdation after migration . 

   Yes , 12.5 is compatable with 2008 . i checked it in my testing lab .

[VJware]

BE 12.5 is compatible with 2008, but not with 2008 R2.

In your original query, you have mentioned "OS - 2008 R2"