Splitting Instances For Use On Different Veeam Server?

[wa15]

We are looking at converting our 26 sockets of Ent+ perpetual licensing to 190 instances. However, we only have a need for 140 licenses on the current Veeam environment.

Do we have the option of "breaking off" the unused instances in bundles (e.g. 5 bundles for 50 instances) for use on a separate Veeam environment that's currently licensed by a DIFFERENT Veeam license/account? This environment is completely separate from the first Veeam environment and is not linked by Enterprise Backup Manager and has a combination of sockets and instances and has a different workload to backup (but on the same vCenter server)

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi,

I guess you can certainly split your license key into separate chunks, but mixing different license keys (editions) in the same site/physical location is not allowed. Besides, if you have different accounts then merging these keys will not be possible in my.veeam.com portal.

Thanks!

[veremin]

If you're backing up the same environment and thinking about going all-instances, why not to:

- use one 190 instances license and the same backup server
- or use one 190 instances with two backup servers controlled by enterprise manager

Thanks!

[wa15]

Thanks for the info.

@Vladamir - the issue is that we can't have the two servers controlled by enterprise manager due to compliance issues.