System Requirements for Linux on Power

Before you start using Veeam Plug-in for IBM Db2 on Linux machines running IBM Power Systems, make sure the following requirements are met.

Note

The following system requirements apply to Veeam Plug-in for IBM Db2 for Linux on Power operating in the standalone mode. The managed operation mode is not supported. For details on operation modes, see Standalone and Managed Operations Modes.

Specification	Requirement
IBM Db2	Veeam Plug-in supports the following configurations of IBM Db2: Versions: 10.5, 11.1, 11.5 Editions: Standard, Advanced Environments: standalone servers, high availability disaster recovery (HADR), failover clusters In case of HADR and failover clusters, Veeam Plug-in supports the following cluster management software: TSA, Pacemaker for Linux OSes, PowerHA for IBM AIX.
OS	Veeam Plug-in is supported for the following Linux distributions: SLES 12: GA, SP3, SP4 SLES 15: GA, SP1, SP4, SP5 RHEL 6: 6.0, 6.1, 6.7 RHEL 7: 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.9 RHEL 8: 8.0, 8.1 RHEL 9: 9.0, 9.2 CentOS 7: 7.0, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9 CentOS 8: 8.0, 8.1 Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 (LTS) For additional information about supported Linux versions that are listed for supported configurations of IBM Db2, see this IBM article.
Veeam Backup & Replication	Veeam Plug-in supports integration with Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.2. To learn more about the Veeam Plug-in builds included in Veeam Backup & Replication installation ISO files, see this Veeam KB article.
Network	Veeam Plug-in should be able to establish a direct IP connection to the Veeam Backup & Replication server. Thus, Veeam Plug-in cannot work with the Veeam Backup & Replication server that is located behind the NAT gateway.