Installing Plug-In on Linux

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN is an additional component of Veeam Backup & Replication, and the installation package of the plug-in is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication installation ISO file.

You can install the plug-in using the .RPM package or extract the plug-in files from the .TAR.GZ archive. Depending on the type of package suitable for your OS, perform steps in one of the following guides:

Important

Consider the following:

  • Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN must be installed on the Oracle Database server.
  • The /opt/veeam directory must be writable.
  • The NOEXEC mount option must be disabled for the /var and /tmp directories.
  • To install the plug-in, use the sudo command or a user with root privileges.

Installing Plug-In from .RPM Package

To install Veeam Plug-In on a Linux machine, perform the following steps:

  1. Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk (VeeamBackup&Replication_13.0.0.4967_20250822.iso).

If you deploy Veeam backup infrastructure for the first time, you can download the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk image from the Veeam Backup & Replication: Download page.

  1. Open the mounted disk image and find the following packages:
  1. In the /Package directory, find the veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm package.
  2. In the Plugins\Oracle RMAN\Linux directory, find the VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm packages.
  1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm packages to the Oracle server.
  2. To install Veeam Plug-In, run the following commands:
  1. Install the veeam-openssl3 package that is required for the Veeam Plug-In functioning:

rpm -i veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm

  1. Install Veeam Plug-In:

rpm -i VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm

Unpacking Plug-In from .TAR.GZ Archive

To extract plug-in files from the .TAR.GZ archive, perform the following:

  1. Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk (VeeamBackup&Replication_13.0.0.4967_20250822.iso).

If you deploy Veeam backup infrastructure for the first time, you can download the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk image from the Veeam Backup & Replication: Download page.

  1. Open the mounted disk image and go to the Plugins\Oracle RMAN\Linux directory.
  2. Upload the VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN.tar.gz file to the Oracle server.
  3. Create the /opt/veeam directory.

mkdir /opt/veeam

  1. Unpack the plug-in files from the archive to the /opt/veeam directory.

tar -xzvf VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN.tar.gz -C /opt/veeam

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