License Management

If you plan to use Veeam Plug-Ins with Veeam Backup & Replication, you must install a valid license in Veeam Backup & Replication. The license must include a sufficient number of instances to protect the application servers or databases managed by Veeam Plug-Ins. To learn more about instance licensing, see Veeam Licensing Policy.

Veeam Plug-In checks license validity with Veeam Backup & Replication during backup operations. If a licensing issue occurs, the backup job fails. Veeam Backup & Replication tracks all licensed plug-in instances. It groups instances with the same BIOS UUID and consumes only one license for each group. Veeam Backup & Replication assigns the license to the workload with the highest value. For example, if both a VM and a plug-in use the same UUID, only one license is consumed.

Veeam Backup & Replication frees the license instance when you revoke a plug-in instance, such as after removing a backup job or deleting a host. If another Veeam product with the same UUID exists, that product may begin to use the released license.