Veeam backup for oracle PCA (OVM) Workloads

[lochanar]

Hi Team ,

I have a customer using an Oracle Private Cloud Appliance (PCA) that hosts OVM virtual machines running both Windows and Linux.

As I understand it, Veeam does not provide hypervisor-level backup support for OVM, so these workloads need to be protected using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows or Veeam Agent for Linux.

Could you please clarify the following:

1. When using Veeam Agent to protect these OVM virtual machines, can the backups be stored directly in an on-premises Veeam Backup Repository managed by Veeam Backup & Replication?
2. Are there any limitations or specific considerations when backing up and restoring OVM workloads using Veeam Agent?
3. What is the recommended best-practice architecture for protecting these workloads?
4. For the Linux OVM virtual machines, does Veeam Agent for Linux support Fedora Linux v32?

Thanks
Lochana

[Mildur]

Hi Lochana,

I moved your topic from the “Veeam Data Cloud” forum to the “Managed Agents” forum, since your question is not related to the "Veeam Data Cloud" service.

1.) Yes. Make sure you have a VPN or direct connection between the agents and the backup server. NAT is not supported.

2.) Bare Metal Recovery with our Recovery Media is possible if Oracle Private Cloud Appliance allows you to boot from an ISO image. Since v13.1, it is also possible to boot a Windows machine into recovery mode from the Virtual Recovery Partition. I strongly recommend testing this in your environment.

3.) I would start with the Best Practice Guide. It is still for v12, but valid also for v13. An update to v13 is expected in the next few months.

4.) Fedora is not on the list of supported operating systems (Help Center).

Best,
Fabian