Support for Cluster Solutions

Depending on the operation mode, Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN supports backup and restore of Oracle databases that operate in clusters based on one of the following solutions:

Support for Cluster Solutions
Solution	Standalone Mode	Managed Mode
Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance, Oracle RAC	Supported	Supported
Oracle Data Guard	Supported	Not supported

To learn more about operation modes, see Standalone and Managed Operations Modes.

Considerations and Limitations

Before you protect a database in a cluster, consider the following:

It is recommended to install Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN on each machine that is responsible for the backup operations. If the plug-in is not installed on all cluster nodes, the backup process may fail when RMAN selects another node.
Veeam Plug-In supports parallel execution of all operations supported by Oracle RMAN: backup, restore, crosscheck, remove. This applies to execution of these commands on one or multiple databases residing on one or multiple cluster nodes.

The progress bar of a running Oracle database backup job is not available for Oracle databases that operate in clusters based on Oracle RAC.

If you use Veeam Explorer for Oracle to restore an Oracle database from a cluster deployment, consider the limitations in Restore from RMAN Plug-in Backups.