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Installing Plug-in on Linux

Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN is an additional component of Veeam Backup & Replication, and the installation package of the plug-in is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication installation ISO file.

You can install the plug-in using the .RPM package or extract the plug-in files from the .TAR.GZ archive. Depending on the type of package suitable for your OS, perform steps in one of the following guides:

Installing Plug-in from .RPM Package
Unpacking Plug-in from .TAR.GZ Archive

Important

Consider the following:

Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN must be installed on the Oracle Database server.
The /opt/veeam directory must be writable.

The NOEXEC mount option must be disabled for the /var and /tmp directories.

To install the plug-in, use the sudo command or a user with root privileges.

Installing Plug-in from .RPM Package

To install Veeam Plug-in on a Linux machine, perform the following steps:

Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk (VeeamBackup&Replication_12.3.2.4165_20251006.iso).

If you deploy Veeam backup infrastructure for the first time, you can download the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk image from the this Veeam webpage.

Open the mounted disk image and go to the Plugins\Oracle RMAN\Linux directory.
Select the package depending on the OS running on the Oracle server:

In case of the 64-bit OS, go to the x64 directory and upload the VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-12.3.2.4165-1.x86_64.rpm package to the Oracle server.
In case of the 32-bit OS, go to the x86 directory and upload the VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-12.3.2.4165-1.i386.rpm package to the Oracle server.

To install Veeam Plug-in, run one of the following commands depending on the OS running on the Oracle server:

In case of the 64-bit OS, run the following command:

rpm -i VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-12.3.2.4165-1.x86_64.rpm

In case of the 32-bit OS, run the following command:

rpm -i VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-12.3.2.4165-1.i386.rpm

Unpacking Plug-in from .TAR.GZ Archive

To extract plug-in files from the .TAR.GZ archive, perform the following:

Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk (VeeamBackup&Replication_12.3.2.4165_20251006.iso).

If you deploy Veeam backup infrastructure for the first time, you can download the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk image from the this Veeam webpage.

Open the mounted disk image and go to the Plugins\Oracle RMAN\Linux directory.
Upload the VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN.tar.gz file to the Oracle server.
Create the /opt/veeam directory.

mkdir /opt/veeam

Unpack the plug-in files from the archive to the /opt/veeam directory.

tar -xzvf VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN.tar.gz -C /opt/veeam