Backup of Database Systems

You can instruct Veeam Agent for Linux to create consistent backups of Veeam Agent computers that run one of the supported database systems using application-aware processing..

Supported Database Systems

MySQL
Oracle

Veeam Agent processes the Oracle database system using an internal component: oralib.

PostgreSQL

Veeam Agent processes the PostgreSQL database system using an internal component: pgsqlagent.

To learn how processing of database systems works, see the Backup of Database Systems section in the Veeam Agent for Linux User Guide.

Backup of Database Archived Logs

If you back up the Oracle or PostgreSQL database system using a backup job managed by Veeam backup server, Veeam Agent can also back up archived logs. You can use archived logs to restore the database system to the necessary state up to the certain operation. Veeam Agent backups archived logs in the similar way as in a backup job for VMs, with the same requirements and limitations.

To learn more about backup of Oracle database archived logs, see the Oracle Log Backup section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

To learn more about backup of PostgreSQL database archived logs, see the PostgreSQL Log Backup section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Considerations and Limitations

Consider the following about application-aware and database processing:

Nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux and nosnap Veeam Agent for Linux on Power do not support application-aware processing and cannot be used to back up database systems.
Application-aware processing and database processing options are available if you have selected the Server option at the Job Mode step of the wizard.
Application-aware processing and database processing options are available if you have selected the Entire computer or Volume level backup option at the Backup Mode step of the wizard.

If there are multiple database systems on the Veeam Agent computer, consider the following:

Veeam Agent supports processing of multiple PostgreSQL or Oracle database systems on one Veeam Agent computer.
Veeam Agent does not support processing of multiple MySQL database systems on one Veeam Agent computer.
Veeam Agent does not support processing of multiple database systems of different types on one Veeam Agent computer.

Veeam Agent does not support 32-bit database systems installed on a 64-bit Linux OS.

Available script settings depend on the options that you have selected at the Job Mode and Backup Mode steps of the wizard. To learn more, see Backup Job and Snapshot Scripts.