Challenge
Using Veeam Agent for Linux on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5 and its derivatives (CentOS 7.5, Oracle RHCK 7.5) causes the operating system to crash during backup snapshot creation.
Cause
Veeamsnap module used in Veeam Agent for Linux 2.0 and earlier is not compatible with RHEL 7.5 kernel 3.10.0-862
Solution
Avoid installing Veeam Agent for Linux version 1.x and 2.0 on RHEL 7.5 and its derivatives.
More Information
This compatibility issue is being researched.