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/x64 directory and find the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.0.1.180-1.ppc64le.rpm file.
Upload the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.0.1.180-1.ppc64le.rpm package to the SAP HANA server.

Using veeam.com

Download the setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA from this Veeam webpage.
Open the setup archive, in the \VeeamPluginForSAPHANA-13.0.1.180\ppc64le folder, find the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.0.1.180-1.ppc64le.rpm package.
Upload the VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.0.1.180-1.ppc64le.rpm package to the SAP HANA server.

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

rpm -i VeeamPluginforSAPHANA-13.0.1.180-1.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 \VeeamPluginForSAPHANA-13.0.1.180\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 setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA from this Veeam webpage.
Open the setup archive, in the \VeeamPluginForSAPHANA-13.0.1.180\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.