Gifted instances with VBRSTD socket perpetual licenses

[adrcasimiro]

HI all,
simply doubts, i will acquire a perpetual 10 sockets VBR STd edition sku : p-vbrstd-p000-00. From the new license v10 policy i can ssume i will have 6 gifted vul licenses. I have some doubts:

1) will i be able to use these 6 gifted instances in perpetual mode?

2)If i need more 4 vul licenses, is there any biz model to purchase these +4 as perpetual? or, should when i buy +4 i can only use Subscrtion mode?

3) i have received for a third party reseller the p-vbrvul-0i-pp000-00 SKU. Is this the VUL perpetual license for agents?

THanks a lot,

Andre

[Gostev]

Hello, Andre!

1. Yes.

2. Currently, VUL licenses are only offered as a Subscription. We're considering introducing Perpetual option for VUL on our price books later this year, because some customers require it due to their policies and regulations. However, for most customers Subscription will be a better deal money-wise regardless (break even is about 10 years). In any case, you will not be able to buy 4 VUL licenses only, as the minimum purchase is 10 VUL licenses.

Before v10, installing a VUL license erased those gifted VUL licenses, so in your case you would have to buy 10 VUL licenses regardless. In v10, we made the change so that gifted instances remain and add up to the installed VUL licenes, however the minimum purchase requirement did not change.

3. Perpetual VUL licenses are not currently available, so this must be something else, or perhaps a custom SKU aka NSQ (non-standard quote). You can contact Veeam sales to clarify this (we're with Veeam R&D here).

Thanks!