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Revoking Veeam Backup Agent Licenses

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Each Veeam backup agent that is managed in Veeam Availability Console consumes a number of instances from the Veeam Availability Console license pool. The license status of a managed Veeam backup agent is set to Licensed.

When Veeam backup agent becomes unmanaged, instances are revoked from this Veeam backup agent, and returned to the Veeam Availability Console license pool. For example, this happens when you switch Veeam backup agent to the Unmanaged mode (Free mode). For details, see Switching Veeam Backup Agents to Unmanaged Mode.

You can also manually revoke instances from one or more Veeam backup agents. When instances are revoked, a Veeam Availability Console management agent is removed from a managed computer, and Veeam backup agent is switched to the Unmanaged mode (Free mode).

Revoking Veeam Backup Agent Licenses Note:

If a managed computer runs Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager together with Veeam backup agent, Veeam Availability Console management agent is not removed.

To revoke Veeam backup agent instances.

For details, see Accessing Veeam Availability Console.

At the top right corner of the Veeam Availability Console window, click Configuration.
In the menu on the left, click Licensing.
Open the Backup Agents tab.
Select the necessary Veeam backup agents in the list.
At the top of the list, click Revoke License Key.

In the displayed window, click Yes to confirm the operation.