Licensing

To use the MongoDB Backup functionality, you must have a valid Veeam Backup & Replication license. Licenses are installed and managed on the Veeam Backup & Replication server that is connected to the MongoDB server. If the license is not valid or out of resources, application backup policies fail.

This guide provides information only on specifics of Veeam licenses for MongoDB Backup. For terminology and general information about Veeam Licensing, see Veeam Licensing Policy.

Licensed Objects

All nodes of a MongoDB replica set are assumed protected if the replica set has been processed by an application backup policy in the last 31 days.

If you use any instance-based (Veeam Universal Licensing) license in Veeam Backup & Replication, you do not need to install any additional licenses. Each node of the replica set consumes one instance unit from the license.

Servers processed by backup copy jobs are not regarded as protected machines, these types of jobs provide an additional protection level for machines that are already protected with application backup policies.

A computer protected on both application-level and image-level will consume a license only once. For example, you create application-level backups of the MongoDB replica set with MongoDB Backup. You also create image-level backups of Linux servers included as nodes in the replica set with Veeam Agent for Linux. In this case, only one license per server will be consumed.

Note

[For Perpetual per-socket licenses] If you are using a legacy perpetual per-socket license, a license is required for each hypervisor CPU socket occupied by protected servers.

A socket is consumed from the license only if the hypervisor where protected servers reside is added to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure. If the hypervisor is not added to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure, an instance unit will be consumed from the license. To learn how to add a hypervisor to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure, see the Virtualization Servers and Hosts section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Supported License Types

You can use MongoDB Backup with the following license types and packages. Note that this guide contains information on specifics of Veeam license packages only for MongoDB Backup. For the full list of license packages, see this Veeam webpage.

For Veeam Universal license:

You can use MongoDB Backup with all license packages (Veeam Backup Essentials, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Availability Suite).

Note that if you use the Rental license type, functionality of MongoDB Backup is supported only for the Enterprise Plus edition of Veeam Backup & Replication.

For Socket license:

Functionality of MongoDB Backup is supported only for the Enterprise Plus edition of Veeam Backup & Replication.

Obtaining and Managing Licenses

To learn how to install a license and monitor licensed objects, see the Licensing section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.