Installing Plug-in on IBM AIX

Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN is an additional component of Veeam Backup & Replication, and the installation package of the plug-in is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication installation ISO file.

Important

Consider the following:

Veeam Plug-in must be installed on the Oracle Database server.
The /opt/veeam directory must be writable.

The NOEXEC mount option must be disabled for the /var and /tmp directories.

To install Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN on an IBM AIX machine, do the following:

Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk (VeeamBackup&Replication_12.1.0.2131.iso).

If you deploy Veeam backup infrastructure for the first time, you can download the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk at: https://www.veeam.com/backup-replication-vcp-download.html.

In the installation disk folder, go to Plugins\Oracle RMAN\AIX\ppc64.

Copy the Veeam Plug-in installation package (VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-12.1.0.2131-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm) to the AIX server where the target Oracle database is deployed.

Install the plug-in from package with root privileges. Make sure the root user has privileges to add the PKG file.

rpm -i VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-12.1.0.2131-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm

Once Veeam Plug-in is installed, you can configure the plug-in settings. For details, see Configuring Plug-in on Linux and Unix Machines.