Installing Plug-In for Linux on Power

Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA 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.

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 subsections:

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

Important

Keep in mind the following:

Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA for Linux on Power must be installed on the SAP HANA 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.

If you want to install Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA scale-out cluster, repeat the described installation process on all cluster nodes.

Installing Veeam Plug-In from .RPM Package

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

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 image

Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation image.

You can download the latest version of the Veeam Backup & Replication installation image from this Veeam webpage.

Open the mounted image, go to the \Plugins\SAP HANA\ppc64le directory and find the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.1.2.57-1.ppc64le.rpm file.
Upload the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.1.2.57-1.ppc64le.rpm package to the SAP HANA server.

Using veeam.com

Download the VeeamPluginForSAPHANA-13.1.2.57.zip setup archive from this Veeam webpage.
Open the setup archive, in the \ppc64le folder, find the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.1.2.57-1.ppc64le.rpm package.
Upload the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.1.2.57-1.ppc64le.rpm package to the SAP HANA server.

To install Veeam Plug-In, run the following command:

rpm -i VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.1.2.57-1.ppc64le.rpm

Once Veeam Plug-In is installed, you can configure the plug-in settings. For details, see Configuring Plug-In for SAP HANA.

Unpacking Veeam Plug-In from .TAR.GZ Archive

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

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 image

Mount the Veeam Backup & Replication installation image.

You can download the latest version of the Veeam Backup & Replication installation image from this Veeam webpage.

Open the mounted image, in the \Plugins\SAP HANA\ppc64le folder, find the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA.tar.gz setup archive.

Upload the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA.tar.gz setup archive to the SAP HANA server.

Using veeam.com

Download the VeeamPluginForSAPHANA-13.1.2.57.zip setup archive from this Veeam webpage.
Open the setup archive, in the \ppc64le folder, find the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA.tar.gz setup archive.
Upload VeeamPluginforSAPHANA.tar.gz file to the SAP HANA server.

Install Veeam Plug-In. To do this, run the following commands:

Create the /opt/veeam directory.

mkdir /opt/veeam

In the terminal, open the folder that contains the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA.TAR.GZ archive.

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

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

Once Veeam Plug-In is installed, you can configure the plug-in settings. For details, see Configuring Plug-In for SAP HANA.