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Point Per Unit (PPU)

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Aliases
rental points; VCSP Rental Point Per Unit; PPU
Definition
"Each workload under protection consumes the license at a rate in alignment with the VCSP Rental Point Per Unit (PPU)." (VCSP Rental Licensing and Usage Reporting Reference Guide, Veeam Data Platform, page updated 2026-08-27.) The Licensing Policy states: "In rental licenses, Instance represents the value in rental points for managed workloads." (§3.8.)
Counting rules
Veeam Data Platform rental points per workload, Foundation / Advanced / Premium: Virtual Machine, Server, Public Cloud VM, Public Cloud Database, Public Cloud File Share and Application 11 / 13 / 16 points; Workstation 4 / 5 / 5; Object Storage (500 GB), File Shares (500 GB) and Microsoft Entra ID (10 users pack) 10 / 11 / 11. "The overall usage is based on high watermark license consumption and includes data from all Veeam Backup & Replication servers with the Veeam Data Platform license."
Floors / minimums
Rental licensing for Veeam Data Platform is supported for Veeam Backup & Replication 13 and later and Veeam ONE 13 and later.
Applies to products
  • Veeam Data Platform (VCSP rental)
Applies to editions
  • Foundation
  • Advanced
  • Premium
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