Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN

Veeam Backup & Replication offers two options to protect Oracle databases:

• Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN
• Built-in backup and restore of Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agents

You can use both or one of the options depending on your environment specifics and approach to handle Oracle databases.

Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN

Veeam Plug-in uses the backup and restore functionality of Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) and transfers backups to Veeam backup repositories.

Use Veeam Plug-in to back up Oracle databases in the following cases:

• If you want the Oracle database administrator to fully control the backup and recovery processes.
• If you want to use existing Oracle RMAN scripts or external schedulers.
• If you use Oracle RAC.
• If you use ASM disks on a physical server.

Built-in Backup and Restore of Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agents

Veeam Backup & Replication (or Veeam Agent) performs image-level or file-level backup and restore of Oracle servers. Use Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agents to back up Oracle servers in the following cases:

• If you do not have Oracle database administrators.
• If you want to control backup and restore processes on the Veeam Backup & Replication side.

If you want to use Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agents to protect Oracle servers, see Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.