Upgrade backup exec from 12.5 to 2012

[richardshand]

Hello, Bonjour, Guten tag and hola!

I'm very much new here but not to BE. I'm in a situation with a client that hasn't been keeping up to date on their backup exec. They are currently sporting backup exec 12.5 Rev 2213 and I am wanting to upgrade them to BE 2012.

My question is do I need to do an interum upgrade to 2010 before I up them to 2012? I can't seem to find a step by step on upgrading from 2010 to 2012.

They are running Windows 2008 standard SP 2 and are using an agent to backup a second server which is their main file server. They have exchange and an exchange agent and also backup an SQL database.

I look forward to any guidance you can give me.

Kind regards,

Richard

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

Hi Richard, First thing's first: check out the upgrade guide below: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH180232 BE 12.5 can be directly upgraded to BE 2012. Just grab copies of the Data/Catalogs folders before doing anything. Furthermore, check pkh's article below which will really assist you in getting your upgrade done: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/preparing-install-or-upgrade-be-2012 Thanks!

[Gurvinder]

Refer http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO73273

http://www.symantec.com/theme.jsp?themeid=backup-exec-2012

[richardshand]

What about upgrading from 32bit 12.5 to 64bit 2012, any known issues?

[CraigV]

...I've gone from Windows 2003 x32 to Windows Server 2008 R2 no hassles, but this was the same version (BE 2010 R3). As long as your physical server is 64-bit already, there should be no problems. Thanks!