Before You Begin

Before you start the installation process, review the following information and prerequisites.

Types of Veeam Agent for Linux Installation Packages

You can install Veeam Agent using one of the following sets of installation packages:

• Veeam Agent for Linux — this set of packages depends on the Veeam kernel module for creating system snapshots. It works with the widest range of Linux distributions and file systems. For more information on system requirements and limitations, see System Requirements.
• Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux — this set of packages does not depend on the Veeam kernel module for creating system snapshots. Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux leverages native file system snapshot capabilities on select Linux distributions. For more information on system requirements and limitations, see System Requirements for Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux.
• Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power — this set of nosnap packages is specifically designed for IBM Power Systems. For more information on system requirements and limitations, see System Requirements for Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power.

For information on installation, see Installing Veeam Agent for Linux and Installing Veeam Agent for Linux in Offline Mode.

General Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, consider the following:

• The computer on which you plan to install Veeam Agent must satisfy system requirements specified in this document. To learn more, see System Requirements.
• To install Veeam Agent software packages, you must use the root account or any user account that has super user (root) privileges on the computer where you plan to install the product.
• If you install Veeam Agent in a UEFI system with Secure Boot, you must configure UEFI Secure Boot to enable your system to work with Veeam Agent. You can configure UEFI Secure Boot before or after the installation of Veeam Agent, but before you run a backup job. For more information, see Configuring UEFI Secure Boot.

• Do not install Veeam Agent on servers that are used as components of the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure. This includes Veeam backup servers, backup repositories, proxy servers, mount servers, distribution servers, gateway and helper appliance servers, and any other backup infrastructure component that has the Veeam Mount Service deployed.

• If you have used the Beta version of Veeam Agent, you must remove Veeam Agent software packages prior to installing the release version of the product. To learn more, see Uninstalling Veeam Agent for Linux.