Well, I was just informed that Veeam is going away from socket-based licenses in 2021 and if I want to back up a new host(s), I need to buy instance-based licensing at $1100 per 10 VMs. Target hosts (for replication and migration jobs) do not need to be licensed.TLDR - See Edit#3 below, things have been clarified, perpetual socket-based licenses are not going away in 2021, miscommunications within Veeam. License is required only for source hosts - hosts on which VMs that you back up or replicate reside. Ī license is required for every occupied motherboard socket as reported by the hypervisor API. For more information, see Veeam Licensing Policy. With the socket licensing model, Veeam Backup & Replication is licensed by the number of CPU sockets on protected hosts. For more information on how Veeam Backup & Replication calculates license instances to consume when protecting NAS file shares, see License Instance Calculation for NAS Backup.Veeam Backup & Replication will revoke instances from these VMs if you re-add a storage array to the backup infrastructure. VMs processed by snapshot-only jobs are regarded as protected VMs and consume license instances.

These types of jobs provide an additional protection level for VMs and NAS shares that are already protected with backup jobs. VMs and NAS shares processed with backup copy and tape jobs are not regarded as protected VMs and NAS shares and do not consume license instances.VM templates are regarded as protected VMs and consume license instances.For more information, see Exceeding License Limit. If the number of consumed instances exceeds the license limit, Veeam Backup & Replication displays a warning when you open the Veeam Backup & Replication console. Veeam Backup & Replication keeps track of instances consumed by protected workloads. When a need arises, you can revoke instances from a protected workload, and reuse them to protect other workloads regardless of the workload type. This licensing model allows you to obtain a license with a certain number of instances without knowing in advance what types of workloads you plan to protect. The number of instances that a workload requires depends on the workload type and product edition. Every protected workload consumes instances from the license scope. Workloads that have been processed in the past 31 days are considered protected. You must obtain a license with the total number of instances for workloads that you plan to protect in Veeam Backup & Replication. Instances are units (or tokens) that you can use to protect your virtual, physical or cloud-based workloads. Veeam Backup & Replication can be licensed by the number of instances. You can restore VMs and data no matter how many free licenses you have or how many VMs you are restoring. Veeam Backup & Replication consumes licenses only to back up data.

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