Product: Veeam Data Platform Essentials Universal Subscription
Licensing Model: Veeam Universal License (VUL) - Subscription-based, providing portability across various workloads.
Included Components:
Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam ONE (for monitoring, reporting, and analytics)
Target Environment: Designed for small businesses and small office/home office (SOHO) environments, typically supporting up to 50 workloads/instances.
Workload Coverage: Portable VUL instances cover Virtual Machines (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV), Physical Servers (Windows, Linux), Cloud Workloads (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), Enterprise Applications (e.g., Microsoft SQL, Exchange, SharePoint, Oracle), and NAS File Shares (measured in TBs of front-end capacity).
License Quantity (per part number): Based on the part number (D-ESSVUL-4S-BS2MG-20), this subscription typically provides 4 Veeam Universal Licenses (VUL) instances. Specific duration or additional capacity related to the 'BS2MG-20' part is not commonly documented without a direct catalog lookup.
Key Capabilities:
High-Speed Recovery: Instant VM Recovery, granular recovery of files, application items, and entire VMs.
Data Loss Avoidance: VM replication for disaster recovery, immutable backups for enhanced ransomware protection.
Monitoring & Analytics: Proactive monitoring, performance analysis, configuration assessment, and reporting for backup and virtual infrastructures (via Veeam ONE).
Ransomware Protection: Features like immutable backups and secure restore capabilities to protect against cyber threats.
Cloud Ready: Direct backup to cloud object storage (AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage) and cloud tiering to optimize storage costs.
Flexible Backup Targets: Supports disk, tape, and cloud storage options.
Scalability Limit: A single organization is typically limited to a maximum of 50 Veeam Universal Licenses (VUL) instances for Essentials.