veeam installation fails because it requires '/usr/bin/python3'

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Issue

veeam fails to install on RHEL 7.6 and lower

# yum install veeam
--> Running transaction check
---> Package veeam.x86_64 0:5.0.0.4318-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: veeamsnap = 5.0.0.4318 for package: veeam-5.0.0.4318-1.el7.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-veeamsnap.x86_64 0:5.0.0.4318-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: python3 for package: kmod-veeamsnap-5.0.0.4318-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/python3 for package: kmod-veeamsnap-5.0.0.4318-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/python3 for package: kmod-veeamsnap-5.0.0.4318-1.el7.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: kmod-veeamsnap-5.0.0.4318-1.el7.x86_64 (veeam)
           Requires: /usr/bin/python3
Error: Package: kmod-veeamsnap-5.0.0.4318-1.el7.x86_64 (veeam)
           Requires: python3

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and lower

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