Veeam backup and Replication

Types of Licenses (Veeam Software offers the following types of paid licenses for Veeam Backup & Replication):
Perpetual license — a permanent full license. The perpetual license term is normally 10 years from the date of license
issue. The support and maintenance period included with the license is specified in months or years. Typically, one year
of basic support and maintenance is included with the perpetual license.
With the perpetual license, Veeam Backup & Replication can be licensed per-socket or per-VM.
Subscription license — a full license that expires at the end of the subscription term. The subscription license term is
normally 1-3 years from the date of license issue.
With the subscription license, Veeam Backup & Replication can be licensed per-socket only.
Rental license — a full license with the license expiration date set according to the chosen rental program (normally 1-
12 months from the date of license issue). The rental license can be automatically updated upon expiration.
With the rental license, Veeam Backup & Replication can be licensed per-VM only.
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 the backup proxy tasks include retrieving VM data from the production storage,
compressing and sending it to the backup repository (for example, if you run a
backup job) or another backup proxy (for example, if you run a replication job).
As the data handling task is assigned to the backup proxy, the backup server
becomes the “point of control” for dispatching jobs to proxy servers.
 the primary role of the backup proxy is to provide an optimal route for backup
traffic and enable efficient data transfer.

 A machine used as a backup proxy should have direct access to the storage on
which VMs reside or the storage where VM data is written. This way, the backup
proxy will retrieve data directly from the datastore, bypassing LAN.
 The backup proxy can be a VM with HotAdd access to VM disks on the datastore.
This type of proxy also enables LAN-free data transfer.
 If neither of the above scenarios is possible, you can assign the role of the
backup proxy to a machine on the network closer to the source or the target
storage with which the proxy will be working. In this case, VM data will be
transported over LAN using NBD protocol.
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 eeam Backup Enterprise Manager uses the following services and components:
 Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Service coordinates all operations of Veeam
Backup Enterprise Manager, aggregates data from multiple backup servers and
provides control over these servers.
 Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Configuration Database is used by Veeam
Backup Enterprise Manager for storing data. The database instance can be located
on a SQL Server installed either locally (on the same machine as Veeam Backup
Enterprise Manager Server) or remotely.
 Veeam Guest Catalog Service replicates and consolidates VM guest OS file system
indexing data from backup servers added to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.
Index data is stored in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Catalog (a folder on
the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Server) and is used to search for VM guest
OS files in backups created by Veeam Backup & Replication.
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