Managing License

If you plan to use Veeam Agent with Veeam Backup & Replication, you must install a license in Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. The license must have a total number of instances that is sufficient to protect machines on which you plan to install Veeam Agent. For more information, see Veeam Licensing Policy.

Veeam Agent for IBM AIX supports paid types of license. Consider the following limitations:

• Starter license package is not supported.
• Standard license edition is not supported.

After Veeam Agent connects to Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Agent automatically starts consuming instances in the license. Veeam Agent for IBM AIX operates in the server mode. If you do not want Veeam Agents to consume instances, you can restrict instance consumption. For more information, see Managing Instance Consumption by Veeam Agents.

The number of backup jobs configured in Veeam Agent does not impact instance consumption. For example, if 2 backup jobs are configured in Veeam Agent that operates in the Server edition, this Veeam Agent will consume instances required for 1 server.

Veeam Agent obtains information about the license from Veeam Backup & Replication and keeps it locally on the Veeam Agent computer. Information about the license is valid for 32 days. If Veeam Agent does not connect to Veeam Backup & Replication during this period, Veeam Backup & Replication will revoke its license.

For more information on Veeam Backup & Replication licensing, see the Licensing section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Related Tasks

• Managing Instance Consumption by Veeam Agents
• Viewing Licensed Veeam Agents and Revoking License