This question blurs the lines a bit between a V13 and V12 question.
I understand Veeam generally wants customers on the latest version and I think there's a lot of merit to this, but this is putting a bit of a pinch on customers/administrators. Alleviating the pressure on us specifically around the nature of security patches/updates would be much appreciated.
The all versions sticky says that the V13 is the GA/RTM "from September 3, 2023" [sic - I'm interpreting as 2025-09-03].
The Veeam Product Lifecycle webpage says that V12 versions reach the "end of fix" date at the next GA date. I take this to mean that (per the letter of the policy) that V12's end of fix date is end of September 2025.
Is this an unintended consequence? Or is this a typo and V13 is not yet a GA until Q4 (that would be implied by the V13 FAQ Sticky)? Or is Veeam really going to push customers to V13 when the 13.0.1 patch drops in Q4?
What happens if there's a security vulnerability impacting V12 versions? Are customers going to be pressured to upgrade to V13 to remediate vulnerabilities? Is Veeam going to support V12 for security vulnerabilities ("(exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis)" as noted on the Lifecycle page)?
I understand Veeam generally wants customers on the latest version and I think there's a lot of merit to this, but this is putting a bit of a pinch on customers/administrators. Alleviating the pressure on us specifically around the nature of security patches/updates would be much appreciated.
The all versions sticky says that the V13 is the GA/RTM "from September 3, 2023" [sic - I'm interpreting as 2025-09-03].
The Veeam Product Lifecycle webpage says that V12 versions reach the "end of fix" date at the next GA date. I take this to mean that (per the letter of the policy) that V12's end of fix date is end of September 2025.
Is this an unintended consequence? Or is this a typo and V13 is not yet a GA until Q4 (that would be implied by the V13 FAQ Sticky)? Or is Veeam really going to push customers to V13 when the 13.0.1 patch drops in Q4?
What happens if there's a security vulnerability impacting V12 versions? Are customers going to be pressured to upgrade to V13 to remediate vulnerabilities? Is Veeam going to support V12 for security vulnerabilities ("(exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis)" as noted on the Lifecycle page)?
Statistics: Posted by FCU_JE — Sep 03, 2025 7:46 pm
