Veeam v7 Licensing Queries

[markfellows]

1. I’m looking to take advantage of the free upgrade to Veeam Essentials Enterprise Plus. I’m aware that the support renewal costs will be increased as a result of this. I’ve received a quote for the renewal and due to the new licensing scheme I’ve received costs per set of 2 sockets.

As we presently have two hosts (each with 2 sockets) would it be feasible to only renew support for 4 sockets and then add additional support for another 2 sockets if we ever decide to add a 3rd host (providing it only has two sockets).

2. A more generic licensing question. We’re looking to but a second VMWare essentials bundle for 3 planned hosts at our branch office locations. Would I be right in thinking that I couldn’t have a second copy of Veeam Essentials at HQ (where our current version is licensed) to back up the new hosts?

If this assumption is correct would it be okay to register and install Veeam Essentials at one of the remote offices to perform the backups?

[foggy]

As we presently have two hosts (each with 2 sockets) would it be feasible to only renew support for 4 sockets and then add additional support for another 2 sockets if we ever decide to add a 3rd host (providing it only has two sockets).

I believe so.

2. A more generic licensing question. We’re looking to but a second VMWare essentials bundle for 3 planned hosts at our branch office locations. Would I be right in thinking that I couldn’t have a second copy of Veeam Essentials at HQ (where our current version is licensed) to back up the new hosts?

Yes.

If this assumption is correct would it be okay to register and install Veeam Essentials at one of the remote offices to perform the backups?

Assuming they will protect different hosts, yes.

Also, I encourage you to contact your sales rep for additional information, since people behind this forum are not deeply involved in licensing questions. Thanks.