System Requirements

Data Recovery from Image-Level Backups

This section lists system requirements that are relevant when recovering data from image-level backups created by Veeam Backup & Replication.

Component	Requirement
Oracle Database on Windows OS	Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of Oracle Database running on the following Microsoft Windows operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of the following Oracle Database versions on Microsoft Windows machines: Oracle Database 21c Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 18c Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Oracle Database on Linux OS	Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of Oracle Database running on the following Linux distributions: RHEL 8.4 to 9.4 SLES 12 SP5, 15 SP3 or later Oracle Linux 7 (UEK3) to 9 (UEK R7) Oracle Linux 7 to 9 (RHCK) Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of the following Oracle Database versions on Linux machines: Oracle Database 21c Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 18c Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Component

Requirement

Oracle Database on Windows OS

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of Oracle Database running on the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of the following Oracle Database versions on Microsoft Windows machines:

Oracle Database 21c
Oracle Database 19c
Oracle Database 18c
Oracle Database 12c Release 2
Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Oracle Database on Linux OS

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of Oracle Database running on the following Linux distributions:

RHEL 8.4 to 9.4
SLES 12 SP5, 15 SP3 or later
Oracle Linux 7 (UEK3) to 9 (UEK R7)
Oracle Linux 7 to 9 (RHCK)

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore of the following Oracle Database versions on Linux machines:

Oracle Database 21c
Oracle Database 19c
Oracle Database 18c
Oracle Database 12c Release 2
Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Restore from RMAN Plug-in Backups

This section lists system requirements that are relevant when restoring data from backups created with Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN (in managed or standalone mode).

Component	Requirement
Oracle Database on Windows OS	Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of Oracle Database running on the following Microsoft Windows operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of the following versions of Oracle Database on Windows machines: Oracle Database 21c Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 18c Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Oracle Database on Linux OS	Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of Oracle Database running on the following Linux distributions: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and 15 (x86 and x86_64) RHEL 8.4 – 9.x including Extended Update Support Add-On Oracle Linux 7 – 9.x CentOS 6.4 – 8.x: For non-production environments, as it is not officially supported by Oracle for their databases. Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of the following versions of Oracle Database on Linux machines: Oracle Database 21c Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 18c Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Component

Requirement

Oracle Database on Windows OS

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of Oracle Database running on the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of the following versions of Oracle Database on Windows machines:

Oracle Database 21c

Oracle Database 19c
Oracle Database 18c
Oracle Database 12c Release 2
Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Oracle Database on Linux OS

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of Oracle Database running on the following Linux distributions:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and 15 (x86 and x86_64)
RHEL 8.4 – 9.x including Extended Update Support Add-On
Oracle Linux 7 – 9.x
CentOS 6.4 – 8.x: For non-production environments, as it is not officially supported by Oracle for their databases.

Veeam Explorer for Oracle supports restore from RMAN plug-in backups of the following versions of Oracle Database on Linux machines:

Oracle Database 21c

Oracle Database 19c
Oracle Database 18c
Oracle Database 12c Release 2
Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Oracle Database 11g Release 2