Quick one on Veeam licensing please folks.
If I have 3 hosts each one single socket, can I cover them with 2x Essentials licenses?
I’m not clear if it’s literally 2 sockets or if it’s similar to the vSphere Essentials/Plus licenses that bundle 6 sockets but you have to assign a minimum of 2 per host even with single socket hosts.
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If you are talking socket licensing, if you have three single hosts with one socket, then you would need to buy 4 sockets of licenses. They are sold in 2 packs. Remember Veeam licenses what you backup so if one host is not being backed up, perhaps a test host, then you do not need to license that host. Originally Veeam matched the licensing aspect of Essentials to what VMware did.
Also, you might look at this:
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Denis thanks, and yes 4x sockets so 2x packs of Essentials would make sense, as I said I just want to confirm Veeam don’t do that thing with Essentials where you have to assign a 2 socket pack to a host even if it only has 1x CPU.
Oh and if Veeam backs up to a folder/repository somewhere can that folder/repository be backed up to cloud/tape by our existing backup software?
I’m guessing it may be a bit smarter than just writing a bunch of files on disk that can be copied off.
Veeam also supports tape by the way.
Yeah, before I fully went to Veeam, I did virtual with Veeam, and then picked up the files via tape with Backup Exec.
robert-zed
February 28, 2019, 8:28pm
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The way I was told and what the licensing says it that Essentials supports up to 6 sockets but not per license. After 6 sockets you have to move off of Essentials to the regular Backup and Replication versions. To backup 3 servers you would need one full Essentials license plus 2 server agents. They are moving to a per incident model which changes how the licenses are done.
In a way, for modern servers running VMware or Hyper-V, servers running 6 sockets can be sufficient for most small-mid businesses.
VMware licenses (VMware Std or VMware Essentials Plus) could also be used only with the exception that VMware Essential Plus only covers 6 CPUs on 3 hosts…we do have people using Dual Xeon “Gold” or Xeon “Platinum” CPUs with 1TB RAM and coupled with SSD storage, 10G NICs etc…that makes the 3 ESXi hosts insanely powerful…
So depends on how you look at it…6 sockets can suit many scenario…
Don’t forget to check into the New community free edition. Very cool that they putting that version out there for free. Free Backup Software For Windows, VMware, & More - Veeam
Also - Licensing has a new option as well. “Instance licensing”… Veeam Data Protection Platform Features Comparison | Veeam This may be a better fit depending on what needs you have.
