Licensing

Veeam Backup for Google Cloud is licensed by the number of protected instances. An instance is defined as a single Google Cloud resource — a VM instance or Cloud SQL instance. An instance is considered to be protected if it has a restore point (snapshot or backup) created by a backup policy during the past 31 days. Each protected instance consumes one license unit from the license scope. However, if an instance has only snapshots created manually, it does not consume any license units.

Veeam Backup for Google Cloud is available in 2 editions:

• Free

By default, Veeam Backup for Google Cloud operates in the Free edition that allows you to protect up to 10 instances free of charge.

• BYOL (Bring Your Own License)

The BYOL (Bring You Own License) edition is a subscription-based license that expires at the end of the subscription term. The maximum number of instances managed by Veeam Backup for Google Cloud depends on the number of units specified in your license. To learn how to obtain the license, contact a Veeam sales representative at Sales Inquiry.

When the license expires, Veeam Backup for Google Cloud offers a grace period to ensure a smooth license update and to provide sufficient time to install a new license file. The duration of the grace period is 30 days after the expiration of the license. During this period, you can perform all types of data protection and disaster recovery operations. After the grace period is over, Veeam Backup for Google Cloud stops processing all instances and disables all scheduled backup policies. You must update your license before the end of the grace period.

To learn how to install and update the license, see Installing and Removing License.