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Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN

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    Veeam Backup & Replication offers two options to protect Oracle databases:

    You can use both or one of the options depending on your environment specifics and approach to handle Oracle databases.

    Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN

    Veeam Plug-in uses the backup and restore functionality of Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) and transfers backups to Veeam backup repositories.

    Use Veeam Plug-in to back up Oracle databases in the following cases:

    Built-in Backup and Restore of Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agents

    Veeam Backup & Replication (or Veeam Agent) performs image-level or file-level backup and restore of Oracle servers. You can add scripts to the backup job to create transaction-consistent backup of Oracle databases.

    Use Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agent to back up Oracle servers in the following cases:

    If you want to use Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agents to protect Oracle servers, see Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.