vStorage API / VMWare licencing

[Jim Mc]

Can somebody advise which licence feature vStorage API relates to from the VMWare vSphere Licensing page located here: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare

Is vStorage no longer present in 5.x, is it called something else, or is it a subset of a particular licensed feature?

Is there a reference page which lists individual Veeam Backup and Replication v7 features and the required VMWare licenced features?

Many thanks.

[Shestakov]

Hi Jim,

Is vStorage no longer present in 5.x, is it called something else, or is it a subset of a particular licensed feature?

vSphere Essentials and above support vStorage API for data protection.

Is there a reference page which lists individual Veeam Backup and Replication v7 features and the required VMWare licenced features?

You don`t lose any Veeam R&R functionality regardless of the VMware edition. You might find a related topic useful. Also here is a FAQ article about licensing. Please read.

Thank you.

[Jim Mc]

Thanks, so specifically which licenced feature does vStorage API fall under, as it's not listed directly. I have read all the links supplied prior to posting the original question.

[lp@albersdruck.de]

That one is easy: if you pay money for your vSphere license, you get the necessary API.

Or to put it another way: only the free ESXi hypervisor does not have the API, every paid for version does.

[Shestakov]

Thanks Lars.
That`s correct, since vSphere Essentials is a cheapest non-free edition of VMware vSphere and all other editions include its capabilities.

I have read all the links supplied prior to posting the original question.

Our forum search and we are at your service.
Thank you.