Plug-ins for Enterprise Applications
Veeam Plug-ins for Enterprise Applications extend Veeam Backup & Replication functionality and allow you to create transactionally-consistent backups of various enterprise databases including Oracle RMAN, SAP HANA, SAP MaxDB, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and so on.
For the full list of supported enterprise applications and their backup solutions, see the Database-Level Backup section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
Licensing
Veeam Plug-ins for Enterprise Applications are licensed per application server. You can create a single license to cover all types of workloads protected by a single Veeam Backup & Replication server. The license file can be generated and assigned to the backup server installation using VCSP Pulse plug-in for Veeam Service Provider Console. Alternatively, a new license file can be generated on the VCSP Pulse Portal by adding the Application server workload type in the Manage Licenses > Request New License > Veeam Backup & Replication > Application server section.
Each workload under protection consumes the license at a rate in alignment with the VCSP Rental Point Per Unit (PPU). For standalone licenses, the values are listed in the table below.
|
Workload Type |
Point Per Unit (PPU) |
|---|---|
|
Application |
11 points |
|
Application (if the underlying workload is also protected with Veeam Backup & Replication VM or Agent backup) |
Free |
Consider the following:
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The Veeam Backup & Replication instance with the installed plug-in must use a standalone Veeam product license or a Veeam Data Platform license.
If you use Veeam Backup & Replication version 13 and later with a Veeam Data Platform license, see Veeam Data Platform for PPU values.
- A machine protected by both Veeam Plug-in and Veeam Backup & Replication will consume a license only once. For example, you have an Oracle server that you back up using Veeam Plug-in. You also back up this server using image-level backup functionality of Veeam Backup & Replication. In this case, only one license will be consumed.
Usage Reporting
A new license usage report is generated on the first day of each month. It includes the number of monitored workloads for the past month. Usage for these workloads can be tracked using the Enterprise Applications counter name.
The primary and recommended method to collect usage reporting data is Veeam Service Provider Console, an automated and free tool for license management and reporting. To enable license usage reporting, connect Veeam Backup & Replication servers. Once done, license usage from all workloads managed by that server will be included into the monthly License Usage Report.
Alternatively, license usage can be obtained by one of the following ways:
Then, the overall usage must be submitted through VCSP Pulse Portal.