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

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

Notes:

  • Oracle Express Edition (XE) is not supported.
  • Oracle databases residing in OS-level containerized environments (for example: Docker, Podman) are not supported.
  • Support for Oracle database 23ai is limited to virtual machines in cloud deployments (for example: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Exadata Cloud) and Oracle Engineered Systems (for example: Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance).

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 11, 12, 15
  • 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 23ai
  • Oracle Database 21c
  • Oracle Database 19c
  • Oracle Database 18c
  • Oracle Database 12c Release 2
  • Oracle Database 12c Release 1
  • Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Notes:

  • Oracle Express Edition (XE) is not supported.
  • Oracle databases residing in OS-level containerized environments (for example: Docker, Podman) are not supported.
  • Support for Oracle database 23ai is limited to virtual machines in cloud deployments (for example: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Exadata Cloud) and Oracle Engineered Systems (for example: Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance).

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