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 available for download from veeam.com.

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:

Installing Plug-In from .RPM Package
Unpacking Plug-In from .TAR.GZ Archive

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:

Download the setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN from this Veeam webpage.
Open the setup archive and find the following packages:

In the \VeeamPluginForOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967\veeam-openssl3 folder, find the veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm package.
In the \VeeamPluginForOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967\Linux\x64 folder, find the VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm package.

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.
To install Veeam Plug-In, run the following commands:

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

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:

Download the setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN from this Veeam webpage.
Open the setup archive and find the following files:

In the \VeeamPluginForOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967\veeam-openssl3 folder, find the veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm package.
In the \VeeamPluginForOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967\x64 folder, find the VeeamPluginForOracleRMAN.tar.gz archive.

Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN.tar.gz files to the Oracle server.
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

Create the /opt/veeam directory.

mkdir /opt/veeam

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

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