Upgrading Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN

Periodically, Veeam releases a new version of Veeam Backup & Replication that contains new features and bug fixes. The release package also contains a new version of Veeam Plug-Ins.

If you want to upgrade Veeam Plug-In, note that Veeam Backup & Replication must be the same or later than the version of Veeam Plug-In. If you want to use the latest functionality, you must upgrade both Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Plug-In to the latest version. After the upgrade, you don't need to re-run the Veeam Plug-In configuration wizard, the plug-in configuration files will be preserved.

Before You Begin

You must select the installation files. To do this, perform the following steps:

1. Download the current setup archive for Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA from this Veeam webpage.
2. Open the setup archive and find the following packages:

1. [For Linux] In the \VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967\veeam-openssl3 folder, find the veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm package.
2. In the \VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967\ folder, find the Veeam Plug-In installation file that suits your OS.

The upgrade procedure depends on the type of package and OS that you use:

• Upgrading Plug-In on Microsoft Windows
• Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.RPM)
• Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.TAR.GZ)
• Upgrading Plug-In on Oracle Solaris
• Upgrading Plug-In on IBM AIX

Upgrading Plug-In on Windows

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN on a Windows machine, upload the VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN.exe file of the new version to the Oracle Database server and install it. The first launch of the file will remove the old version. The second launch will install the new version.

You can upgrade Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN to a later version in the unattended mode using the same command that is used for unattended installation. For details, see Installing Plug-In on Windows Machine in Unattended Mode.

Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.RPM)

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN on a Linux machine, do the following:

1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967-1.x86_64.rpm packages to the Oracle server.
2. Install the veeam-openssl3 package that is required for the Veeam Plug-In functioning:

3. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following command. Note that the operation requires root privileges.

Upgrading Plug-In on Linux (.TAR.GZ)

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN on a Linux machine from the .TAR.GZ archive, do the following:

1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN.tar.gz files to the Oracle server.
2. Install the veeam-openssl3 package that is required for the Veeam Plug-In functioning:

3. Unpack the plug-in files from the archive to the /opt/veeam directory. Old Veeam Plug-In files will be replaced by new files.

Upgrading Plug-In on Oracle Solaris

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN on an Oracle Solaris machine, do the following:

1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967-1.SPARC.pkg package to the Oracle server. If you need the 32-bit version, choose the i386 package.

2. Make sure the pkgadd administration file (admin_file) contains the following entry: "instance=overwrite". For details, see this Oracle article.
3. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following command:

Upgrading Plug-In on IBM AIX

To upgrade Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN on an IBM AIX machine, do the following:

1. Upload veeam-openssl3-3.0.0.31-1.x86_64.rpm and VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN-13.0.0.4967-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm package to the Oracle server.

2. To upgrade Veeam Plug-In, run the following command. Note that the operation requires root privileges.