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System Requirements

Before you start using Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN, consider the following requirements.

Supported OSes

Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN is supported for the following OSes:

  • Microsoft Windows:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Linux:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 12, 15 (x86 and x86_64)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4-7.x (x86 and x86_64)
  • Oracle Linux 6.4-7.x (x86 and x86_64)
  • CentOS 6.4-7.x (x86 and x86_64): For non-production environments, as it is not officially supported by Oracle for their databases.
  • Unix:
  • Oracle Solaris 10, 11 (x86_64, SPARC)

Note

[For Windows OS] The Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN installation wizard also installs Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 if it does not detect this component on the machine during the product installation.

Oracle Database

Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN supports Oracle Database 11gR2, 12c, 18c, 19c: Standard and Enterprise Edition (Express Edition is not supported).

Supported Oracle RMAN features

Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN will be registered as an SBT_TAPE device. All Oracle RMAN functionality that is supported with the SBT_TAPE device type will work (including RAC, ASM and Container DBS).

Veeam Backup & Replication

Version of Veeam Backup & Replication must be the same or newer that the version of Veeam Plug-in.

  • [for Veeam Plug-ins 10] You can use plug-ins with Veeam Backup & Replication version 10.
  • [for Veeam Plug-ins 9.5 Update 4] You can use plug-ins with Veeam Backup & Replication version 9.5 Update 4, 9.5 Update 4a, and 9.5 Update 4b, 10.

Note that if you want to use the latest functionality, you must update both Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Plug-in to the latest version.