Permissions

The following table lists required permissions for user accounts to back up and restore Oracle data.

Operation	Required Roles and Permissions
Veeam Explorer for Oracle launch	The account used to run Veeam Explorer for Oracle must be a member of the local Administrators or Users group.
Restore / Accessing Staging Server	To restore data, make sure to configure user accounts as follows: When restoring to a Windows-based machine, the account must be a member of the local Administrators group on the target machine. In addition, if ASM is used, then such an account must be a member of the ORA_ASMADMIN group (for Oracle 12 and higher). When restoring to a Linux-based machine, the account must be a Linux user with root permissions on the target machine and have membership in the following groups: OSASM [if ASM is used] (typically asmadmin), OSDBA (typically dba), Oracle Inventory group (typically oinstall). Keep in mind that for restore from RMAN backups, the root privileges for the user account are not required.
Export as database files	The account under which Veeam Explorer for Oracle runs must be a member of the local Administrators group.

Operation

Required Roles and Permissions

Veeam Explorer for Oracle launch

The account used to run Veeam Explorer for Oracle must be a member of the local Administrators or Users group.

Restore / Accessing Staging Server

To restore data, make sure to configure user accounts as follows:

When restoring to a Windows-based machine, the account must be a member of the local Administrators group on the target machine. In addition, if ASM is used, then such an account must be a member of the ORA_ASMADMIN group (for Oracle 12 and higher).
When restoring to a Linux-based machine, the account must be a Linux user with root permissions on the target machine and have membership in the following groups: OSASM [if ASM is used] (typically asmadmin), OSDBA (typically dba), Oracle Inventory group (typically oinstall).

Keep in mind that for restore from RMAN backups, the root privileges for the user account are not required.

Export as database files

The account under which Veeam Explorer for Oracle runs must be a member of the local Administrators group.