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Veeam Metric

License Instance

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Aliases
Veeam Universal License; VUL; VUL instance; instance
Definition
"The calculated value representing the total "value" of all Licensed objects that can be protected and/or managed by the customer using Veeam or partner solutions. See License instance calculation for VUL. In rental licenses, Instance represents the value in rental points for managed workloads. Instances may be used interchangeably with licenses." (Licensing Policy v19, §3.8 License Unit.)
Counting rules
Veeam Universal License (VUL). "All protected workloads consume one (1) license for the following licensed objects": VM or Cloud VM, 1 object = 1 license; Server or Application Server, 1 = 1; Workstation or endpoint, 3 = 1; Unstructured Data, 500 GB = 1; Identity – Entra ID, 10 users = 1 (§1.1.1). A protected workload is one that "had at least one restore point created by the software in the past 31 days" (§3.4).
Floors / minimums
Veeam Data Platform Premium, Advanced and Foundation: offered in packs of 10 licenses. Veeam Data Platform Essentials: packs of 5 licenses and a maximum of 50 licenses. Veeam Backup for AWS / Azure / Google Cloud: packs of 10 VUL licenses (§1.1–1.2).
Applies to products
  • Veeam Data Platform Premium
  • Veeam Data Platform Advanced
  • Veeam Data Platform Foundation
  • Veeam Data Platform Essentials
  • Veeam Backup & Replication
  • Veeam ONE
  • Veeam Backup for AWS
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure
  • Veeam Backup for Google Cloud
Applies to editions
  • Premium
  • Advanced
  • Foundation
  • Essentials
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