Prepare to Install Veeam for Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
Before installing Veeam, you need to create a compute instance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, download and license Veeam software, and create a dedicated vSphere account. Additionally, you need to address sizing requiments specific to your environment.
Veeam Availability Suite is available as an installer, which you can download from the Veeam website. Because it’s an installer, we recommend deploying the Veeam server in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure natively on a Compute instance, as shown in the architectural diagram, in the "Architecture" topic.
As an example, in this playbook, we deploy a Windows instance using an OCI VM shape for installing the software. Appropriate sizing requirements depend on your specific environment needs which are beyond the scope of this Playbook. We recommed you refer to the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide for VMware vSphere, referenced in the "Before You Begin" topic elsewhere in this Playbook.
Create a Compute Instance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
You should install the software on a dedicated machine that can communicate with vCenter Server and the ESXi hosts. We recommend deploying a new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure native Compute instance with appropriate security lists and route table entries.
Download and License Veeam Software
Because Oracle Cloud VMware Solution functions the same as an on-premises installation of VMware, you can use the same VMware installers provided by partners to install in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Create a Dedicated vSphere Account
To add VMware SDDC as a Virtual Infrastructure in Veeam Backup & Replication, we recommend that you create a dedicated vSphere account. This task is beyond the scope of this Playbook, so we recommend that you refer to the VMware documentation cited in the "Before You Begin" topic, above.