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Veeam Backup Essential - VIL issue in Veeam One

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We have just purchased a 10 x ViL version of Backup Essentials with the intention of monitoring our site of 3 x Hosts, 1 x Datastore and only 6 x VMs.
Backup Essentials is a Small Business version that includes B&R and Veeam One for a lower cost for small businesses. Fantastic!
So B&R works fine for me. All VMs are showing as licensed and I am using 6 out off my 10 Instances.

Veeam one however is a different story. With the 10 Instance license applied, I can add my B&R server, and report on the backup jobs. However, there doesn't seem to be a way for me to add and report on VM alerts, or the hardware that the VM sits on.
Within Veeam One license section it shows me as using 0 of 10 instances, but 6 of 6 Monitored VMs.
If I use the Add Server function, I can add a single host, or the vCentre, but after a few minutes the console shows that the "your license key limit has been exceeded)

This has been raised as an issue on ticket ID# 03425983, but so far I have been passed from Licensing, to Support, to Licensing, and now to Sales who I think are looking to try and make me purchase a socket license.

At this stage, I am getting nowhere, and it feels that nobody that I have spoken to at Veeam appreciates that these licenses are sold at 10 x instances, and clearly show they I should be able to report on my VMs, but right now, the software won't allow that.

Has anyone else had any issues with the new ViL, or similar?

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Re: Veeam Backup Essential - VIL issue in Veeam One

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Hi Neil,
how many VMs you have on the hosts you are trying to add to Veeam ONE?
If I use the Add Server function, I can add a single host, or the vCentre, but after a few minutes the console shows that the "your license key limit has been exceeded)
Once you added the hosts or VC try to exclude VMs from the hosts.
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Re: Veeam Backup Essential - VIL issue in Veeam One

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3 x Hosts, 1 x Datastore and only 6 x VMs.
I've also tried just leaving one of the hosts with a single VM, and disconnecting from vSphere so that it acts as a single stand alone host. Same issue.
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Re: Veeam Backup Essential - VIL issue in Veeam One

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That looks like a bug, so it's better to keep working with support.
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I agree, but they are passing me to sales to talk about license upgrades rather than look into the issue :(.
I thought if I post on here, others may have experienced that same problem.
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Neil, I have escalated your case to the support manager, he will review the case shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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