Licensing

The Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure requires a license to process backup and replication jobs. Using Enterprise Manager to manage Veeam Backup & Replication licenses reduces administration overhead. You can manage and activate licenses for the entire backup infrastructure from a single web console. Enterprise Manager allows you to view what workloads consume instances in the license, install a new license, and revoke the license from protected workloads.

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager collects information about the type of license installed on added backup servers and the number of instances in the license. When Enterprise Manager collects data from backup servers, it also synchronizes license data by checking if the license installed on the backup server matches with the license installed on the Enterprise Manager server. If the licenses do not match, the license on the backup server is automatically updated to match the license of the Enterprise Manager server.

When you run a job, Enterprise Manager uses instances required for each type of protected workloads for per-instance licenses or applies a license to the protected hosts for per-socket licenses. If a workload is protected by multiple backup servers added to the Enterprise Manager infrastructure, the workload will consume the Enterprise Manager license only once.

For information on Veeam Backup & Replication license types, see the Licensing section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

For information on Veeam Cloud Connect license types and license management tasks, see the Licensing for Service Providers section of the Veeam Cloud Connect Guide.

For more information on Veeam licensing, see Veeam Licensing Policy.

In This Section

• Installing License
• Viewing License Details

• Updating License

• Revoking License
• Managing Monthly Usage Reports