Authentication Against Database

When you configure Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN, you can choose between operating system authentication and database authentication methods to connect to the database you plan to back up. When you use the OS authentication method, you can connect to the host and database using only the OS user credentials. When you use the database authentication method, you can connect to the host using OS user credentials and to the database using database user credentials. Veeam Plug-in stores all specified credentials in the veeam_config.xml configuration file.

• If you select the database authentication method, make sure that the database user account has SYSDBA privileges. This applies for Linux, Unix and Microsoft Windows environments.
• All target databases must be active on the Oracle host. If any of the selected databases are not active, connection attempts will fail.

For more information on setting authentication methods, see Configuring Plug-in on Linux and Unix or Configuring Plug-in on Microsoft Windows.