It automatically inherits and consolidates the licenses installed on the individual Veeam Backup & Replication servers connected to it. It acts as a centralized license manager rather than a separately billed product. How Enterprise Manager Handles Licensing
A legacy model based on the number of CPU sockets in VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V hosts. This model is only available for older, existing contracts. Key Benefits of Centralized License Management
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager acts as a centralized management "umbrella" for your backup infrastructure. Crucially, it ; instead, it leverages and manages the licenses already assigned to your connected Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) servers. Core Licensing Logic veeam enterprise manager license
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: Enterprise Manager collects license information from all managed backup servers and provides a consolidated view of license status, expiration dates, and workload consumption (VUL or Sockets). Veeam Universal License (VUL) : Most modern deployments use the VUL (Veeam Universal License) This model is only available for older, existing contracts
Using Enterprise Manager simplifies license administration across your entire infrastructure:
You cannot install a license intended for version 13 on a backup server running Veeam Backup & Replication 12. It is recommended to install the same product version on the Enterprise Manager server and all backup servers. Core Licensing Logic To help tailor more specific
When Enterprise Manager collects data from backup servers, it also synchronizes license data by checking if the license installed on the backup server matches the license installed on the Enterprise Manager server. If the licenses do not match, the license on the backup server is automatically updated to match the license of the Enterprise Manager server.
Veeam Enterprise Manager is the centralized web-based console that makes managing Veeam Backup & Replication scalable, secure, and collaborative. The Enterprise Manager license unlocks advanced management, reporting, role-based access, and self-service capabilities that teams need to operate backup at scale.
You cannot use a single Enterprise Manager to manage servers with different license types, such as mixing a standard business license with a Cloud Connect service provider license.