Installing Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power in Offline Mode

To install nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power, do the following:

  1. On a computer that is connected to the internet, download Veeam Agent packages intended for your Linux distribution from the Veeam software repository.

For RPM packages of nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power, the Veeam Agent directory has the following structure: Package format > Distribution > Version > Architecture.

For example, Veeam Agent packages for RHEL 8 reside in the /rpm/el/8/ppc64le/ folder of the Veeam software repository, and packages for SLES 15 SP4 reside in the /rpm/sles/SLE_15_SP4/ppc64le/ folder.

  1. Save the veeam-nosnap and veeam-libs packages to a directory that can be accessed from the computer where you want to install the product, for example, a directory on a local drive or USB drive, or a network shared folder.
  2. On the computer where you want to install Veeam Agent, navigate to the directory where you have saved the packages and install Veeam Agent:  

 

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You can also set up a local mirror of the Veeam software repository in your internal network and add this repository to the list of software sources on a computer where you want to install the product. These operations may differ depending on the Linux distribution and package manager that you use. To learn more, refer to the documentation of your Linux distribution.

After you add a local repository to the list of software sources on a computer, you will be able to install and upgrade Veeam Agent in a regular way. To learn more, see Installing Veeam Agent for Linux and Upgrading Veeam Agent for Linux.

 

Installing Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power in RHEL

To install nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power, use the following commands:

rpm -i <...>/veeam-libs-6.2.0.101-1.ppc64le.rpm
rpm -i <...>/veeam-nosnap-6.2.0.101-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm

where:

<...> — path to a directory where you have saved Veeam Agent packages.

Installing Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power in SLES

To install nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power, use the following commands:

For SLES for SAP 12 SP5

zypper in <...>/veeam-libs-6.2.0.101-1.ppc64le.rpm
zypper in <...>/veeam-nosnap-6.2.0.101-1.sle12.ppc64le.rpm

For SLES / SLES for SAP 15 SP3 – SP4

zypper in <...>/veeam-libs-6.2.0.101-1.ppc64le.rpm
zypper in <...>/veeam-nosnap-6.2.0.101-1.sle15.ppc64le.rpm

where:

<...> — path to a directory where you have saved Veeam Agent packages.