Installing Veeam Plug-In for SAP on Oracle

Veeam Plug-In for SAP on Oracle 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 must install the plug-in on the Oracle Database server.

You can install Veeam 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 SAP on Oracle 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 Veeam Plug-In, use the sudo command or a user with root privileges.

Installing Plug-In from .RPM Package

To install Veeam Plug-In using the .RPM package, do the following:

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.

Open the mounted disk image and find the following files:

In the /Package directory, find the veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm file.
In the /Plugins/SAP on Oracle/x64 directory, find the VeeamPluginforSAPOracle-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm file.

Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforSAPOracle-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm files to the Oracle Database 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 VeeamPluginforSAPOracle-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:

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.

In the mounted ISO, go to /Plugins/SAP on Oracle/x64.
Upload the VeeamPluginforSAPOracle.tar.gz file to the Oracle Database server.
Create the /opt/veeam directory.

mkdir /opt/veeam

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

tar -xzvf -i VeeamPluginforSAPOracle.tar.gz -C /opt/veeam