Scenarios

Backup appliances managed by a Veeam Backup & Replication server use the same license that is installed on the backup server. To learn what types of licenses and licensing models are incorporated in Veeam solutions, see:

• The Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Licensing
• The Veeam Backup & Replication Veeam Cloud Connect Guide, section Licensing for Service Providers

Licensing Scenarios

When you add a backup appliance to the backup infrastructure, the following scenarios are applied:

• If you deploy a new backup appliance from the Veeam Backup & Replication console, workloads start consuming license units from the license installed on the backup server after you create and run backup policies.

When you remove the appliance from the backup infrastructure, Veeam Backup & Replication stops counting backed-up workloads and Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure switches to the Free edition that allows you to protect up to 10 workloads free of charge. To back up more than 10 workloads, you must install a BYOL license on the appliance. To learn how to install a new BYOL license, see Installing and Removing License.

• If you connect to an existing backup appliance, the BYOL license installed on the appliance becomes invalid. Protected workloads start consuming license units from the license installed on the backup server only after the backup policy sessions run on the connected appliance.

When you remove the appliance from the backup infrastructure, Veeam Backup & Replication stops counting backed-up workloads. Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure continues using the license that had been used before you added the appliance to the backup infrastructure.

Licensing When Connection to Veeam Backup & Replication is Lost

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure stores information on protected workloads licensed by Veeam Backup & Replication. This information allows you to back up workloads even if the connection between the backup appliance and backup server is lost. However, the following conditions must be met:

• The workload must have already been licensed by the backup server.
• The workload must be listed as licensed on the backup appliance side. For more information, see Revoking License Units.
• The connection must be lost not more than 31 days ago.

Note that the loss of connection with Veeam Backup & Replication does not affect restore processes and creating of snapshots manually.