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Granular sudo Permissions for Management of Veeam Agent for IBM AIX

KB ID: 4673
Product: Veeam Backup & Replication | 12.2 | 13.1
Veeam Agent for IBM AIX | 4.5 | 13.1
Published: 2024-10-11
Last Modified: 2026-08-03
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Purpose

This article provides examples of granular ‘sudo’ configuration for the Linux account that will be used by Veeam Backup & Replication when managing Veeam Agent for IBM AIX deployments with a Protection Group.

Solution

The following tested granular sudo permissions are available:
Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 | Veeam Agent for IBM AIX 13.1 
#MISC
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/whoami

#MKDIR
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/mkdir -p /opt/veeam

#RM
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm -f /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /tmp/VeeamAgent-*-ppc64.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /tmp/mlocate-*.ppc.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/veeam/Upload
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/Veeam
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm -rf /opt/veeam/deployment

#AGENT INSTALL RESCAN
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/csum -h MD5 /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/touch /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/chmod 0750 /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/cp -f /home/veeamdep/* /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/chown root* /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 system-info --format VBR
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 agent-version
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 check-package-name --name VeeamAgent
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/gunzip /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar.gz
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/tar -tf /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/sh -c cd /tmp && tar -xf /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 install-packages --packages /tmp/VeeamAgent-*-ppc64.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 update-packages --packages /tmp/VeeamAgent-*-ppc64.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 remove-packages --packages VeeamAgent

#DEPLOYMENT INSTALL
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rpm --install /tmp/veeamdeployment-13.1.*.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /bin/rpm --erase veeamdeployment

#DEPLOYMENT SERVICE
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --dll-version
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --get-port
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --disable-restricted-mode
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --set-base-log-path /var/log/VeeamBackup
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --restart
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --set-max-log-size 10485760
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --set-max-log-count 5
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --set-max-log-count 10
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --get-bios-uuid
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/deployment/veeamdeploymentsvc --install-certificate /tmp/VeeamUpload*/ClientCertificate.pem

#TRANSPORT
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/transport/veeamtransport --disable-restricted-mode
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/transport/veeamtransport --elevate-privilege

#VEEAMCONFIG
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/sbin/veeamconfig vbrcmd print --agentInfo
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/sbin/veeamconfig --stdin
Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 | Veeam Agent for IBM AIX 4.5 
#MISC
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/whoami

#MKDIR
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/mkdir -p /opt/veeam

#RM
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm -f /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /tmp/VeeamAgent-*-ppc64.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rm /tmp/mlocate-*.ppc.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/veeam/Upload
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/veeam

#DEPLOYMENT INSTALL RESCAN
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/csum -h MD5 /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/touch /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/chmod 0750 /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/cp -f /home/veeamdep/* /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/chown root* /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 system-info --format VBR
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 agent-version
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 check-package-name --name VeeamAgent
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/gunzip /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar.gz
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/tar -tf /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/bin/sh -c cd /tmp && tar -xf /tmp/VeeamAgentAix-*-ppc64.tar
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 install-packages --packages /tmp/VeeamAgent-*-ppc64.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 update-packages --packages /tmp/VeeamAgent-*-ppc64.rpm
veeamdep ALL=(root) /opt/veeam/veeaminstaller_aix_ppc64 remove-packages --packages VeeamAgent

#VEEAMCONFIG
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/sbin/veeamconfig vbrcmd print --agentInfo
veeamdep ALL=(root) /usr/sbin/veeamconfig --stdin

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