System Requirements

OS

Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA supports 64-bit versions of the following distributions:

• SLES 15: SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6, SP7
• SLES for SAP Applications 15: SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6, SP7
• SLES 12 SP5

• SLES for SAP Applications 12 SP5
• RHEL 9 for SAP HANA: 9.0, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6
• RHEL 8 for SAP HANA: 8.4, 8.6, 8.8, 8.10
• RHEL 9 for SAP Solutions: 9.0, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6
• RHEL 8 for SAP Solutions: 8.4, 8.6, 8.8, 8.10

Note. Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA in managed operation mode is not supported for Linux on Power.

SAP HANA database

Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA supports SAP HANA 2.0: SPS 02, SPS 03, SPS 04, SPS 05, SPS 06, SPS 07, SPS 08 (only with Backint version 1.0). Express Edition is not supported.

Note. To check whether an OS version is compatible with the SAP HANA release you want to use, see the SAP HANA Administration Guide (requires an SAP ID).

OS

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN is supported for the following Microsoft Windows versions:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2025

• Microsoft Windows Server 2022
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN is supported for the following x86_64 versions of Linux distributions:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5, 15 SP3 and SP7 (x86 and x86_64)
• RHEL 8.4 – 9.x, 10.0 including Extended Update Support Add-On
• Oracle Linux 7 – 9.x
• CentOS 6.4 – 8.x: For non-production environments, as it is not officially supported by Oracle for their databases.

Note. Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN in managed operation mode is not supported for Oracle Solaris and IBM AIX.

Software

[For Microsoft Windows computers] Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 is included in the Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN Redistributable. During the deployment process, Veeam Backup & Replication checks whether Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 is available on the target computer. If Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 is missing, Veeam Backup & Replication will install missing software automatically.

Oracle database

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN supports Standard and Enterprise Editions of the following Oracle Database versions:

• 11gR2
• 12c
• 18c
• 19c
• 21c:
• 23ai

The Oracle database configuration must meet the following requirements:

• Oracle database must be in the OPEN state.
• Oracle database must work in the ARCHIVELOG mode.

Notes:

• Oracle Express Edition (XE) is not supported.
• Oracle databases residing in OS-level containerized environments (for example: Docker, Podman) are not supported.
• Support for Oracle database 23ai is limited to virtual machines in cloud deployments (for example: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Exadata Cloud) and Oracle Engineered Systems (for example: Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance).

Oracle RMAN features

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN supports the following Oracle RMAN features:

• Veeam Plug-In will be registered as an SBT_TAPE device. All Oracle RMAN functionality that is supported with the SBT_TAPE device type will work. For example, Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) and Container DBs (CDBs).
• Veeam Plug-In supports Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC). Other cluster databases are not supported.

OS

Veeam Plug-In for SAP on Oracle is supported for the following distributions:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server versions 12 SP5, 15 SP3 (x86_64)
• RHEL for SAP Applications versions 8.4, 9 (x86_64)
• Oracle Linux versions 7, 8

Oracle database

Veeam Plug-In for SAP on Oracle supports Standard and Enterprise Editions of the following Oracle Database versions:

• 11gR2
• 12c
• 18c
• 19c

Note. Oracle Express Edition (XE) and Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) environment are not supported.

SAP software

Veeam Plug-In for SAP on Oracle supports BR*Tools version 7.20, Patch 42 or later.

Note. In the managed operation mode, Veeam Plug-In for SAP on Oracle does not support SAP Java systems.