Universal instead of socket license

Veeam will stop selling socket-based licenses on July 1, 2022, and will rely on the Veeam Universal License (VUL), launched in 2019, as a replacement.

Socket is no longer the base

The Veeam Universal License (VUL) becomes the standard

Veeam continues to sell the more user-friendly VUL license for cloud-based, virtual and physical workloads, and NAS data. After all, the backup specialist wants to provide its customers with an uncomplicated, flexible and reliable solution for modern data backup.

This is Veeam’s response to the strong response that followed the launch of the Veeam Universal License (VUL) in 2019 to support workloads in multi-cloud environments.

As a result, Veeam will stop selling perpetual socket-based licenses for all editions of Veeam Availability Suite, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup Essentials and Veeam ONE to new and existing customers – with the necessary eight-month lead time – on July 1, 2022.

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Veeam Universal License (VUL) at a glance

Note: Only VMware/Hyper-V VMs can be backed up with socket-based licenses. In an environment with socket-based licenses and VULs, the VULs can also be used for all other workloads. Starting July 1, 2022, a switch to VULs must be made if additional licenses are needed to back up VMware/Hyper-V VMs.

¹Veeam ONE licenses will be converted to Veeam Availability Suite VULs; all other products will be converted to the appropriate VUL.
²New customers can purchase socket-based licenses only for Enterprise Plus Edition of Veeam Availability Suite/Veeam Backup & Replication, for any editions of Veeam Backup Essentials and for Veeam ONE with Production Support. Existing customers can purchase additional socket-based licenses for their edition and support option.

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Andreas Freisen

Sales

Project Manager from the Enterprise Storage Solutions Team - our specialists for large projects.