Installing Plug-In on Oracle Solaris

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN is an additional component of Veeam Backup & Replication. The installation package of the plug-in is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication installation ISO file and available for download from veeam.com.

Important

Consider the following:

  • Veeam Plug-In 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 Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN on an Oracle Solaris machine, perform the following steps:

  1. Export installation packages to the machine with a database that you plan to protect. You can do it in the following ways:

Using the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk

  1. Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation disk (VeeamBackup&Replication_13.0.1.180_20251101.iso).

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

  1. In the installation disk folder, navigate to one of the following folders depending on your system:
  • For i386: \Plugins\Oracle RMAN\Solaris\i386.
  • For SPARC: \Plugins\Oracle RMAN\Solaris\SPARC.
  1. Upload the following Veeam Plug-In package depending on your system to the Oracle server:
  • For i386: VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.1.180-1.i386.pkg.
  • For SPARC: VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.1.180-1.SPARC.pkg.

Using veeam.com

  1. Download the setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN from this Veeam webpage.
  2. Open the setup archive, navigate to one of the following folders depending on your system:
  • For i386: \VeeamPluginForOracleRMAN-13.0.1.180\Solaris\i386.
  • For SPARC: \VeeamPluginForOracleRMAN-13.0.1.180\Solaris\SPARC.
  1. Upload the following Veeam Plug-In package depending on your system to the Oracle server:
  • For i386: VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.1.180-1.i386.pkg.
  • For SPARC: VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.1.180-1.SPARC.pkg.
  1. Install the plug-in from package with root privileges. Make sure the root user has privileges to add the PKG file.

pkgadd -d /tmp/VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.1.180-1.pkg

Once Veeam Plug-In is installed, you can configure the plug-in settings. For details, see Configuring Plug-In on Linux or Unix.

Page updated 11/18/2025

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