Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: System Requirements

The following requirements apply when using the Virtual Server Agent with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Hypervisor

Add a separate hypervisor definition for each Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region.

Note

You can only back up and restore instances in the root compartment and first-level compartments for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions. You cannot back up instances in subcompartments or restore instances to subcompartments. As a workaround, either move the instances to the root compartment or a first-level compartment, or install an agent such as a file system agent on the guest instances.

Proxy Requirements

The VSA proxy must be an instance running in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Deploy a VSA proxy for each availability domain.
The proxy must run one of the following operating systems:
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- For Linux proxy support, deploy a file recovery enabler for Linux (FREL) on an instance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  
  The Linux instance must have the MediaAgent and Virtual Server Agent packages installed.
The iscsiadm (iscsi-initiator-utils) package must be installed on the proxy.

Note

To back up an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instance that has storage pool disks, you must use a Linux proxy.

FREL Configuration

To restore files from a Linux instance, deploy a file recovery enabler for Linux (FREL). The FREL instance must meet the following requirements:

CentOS 7.5 or 8

Note

For CentOS 8 instances, to install operating system packages that are required to enable automatic installation of Mono, register the instances with CentOS.
Virtual Server Agent and MediaAgent packages installed

For more information, see the following pages:

Proxy Installation Requirements

On Windows:

Prepare the Installation on Windows Computers

Review general guidelines to prepare for the installation, which include configurations that your computer might need before the installation.
Preinstallation Checklist for the Virtual Server Agent

Review agent specific guidelines to prepare for the installation, such as gathering the information that you must provide during the installation.
Installation Methods

Select the installation method that is most appropriate for your environment.

On UNIX:

Prepare the Installation on UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh Computers

Review general guidelines to prepare for the installation, which include configurations that your computer might need before the installation.
Preinstallation Checklist for the Virtual Server Agent on Linux

Review agent specific guidelines to prepare for the installation, such as gathering the information that you must provide during the installation.
Installation Methods

Select the installation method that is most appropriate for your environment.

Guest Operating System Support

The following guest instance operating systems are supported for VM conversion:

CentOS 7
RHEL 6, RHEL 7
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2