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    The document summarizes the differences between the free and paid versions of Veeam Backup & Replication software. The free version provides basic backup and recovery functionality for individual virtual machines but has limitations like no scheduled backups, replication, or scripting capabilities. The paid standard version removes these limitations and provides additional features like backup jobs, indexing of guest files, and support for remote backup repositories.

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    The document summarizes the differences between the free and paid versions of Veeam Backup & Replication software. The free version provides basic backup and recovery functionality for individual virtual machines but has limitations like no scheduled backups, replication, or scripting capabilities. The paid standard version removes these limitations and provides additional features like backup jobs, indexing of guest files, and support for remote backup repositories.

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    PRODUCT BULLETIN

    Veeam Backup Free Edition

    Free vs. paid: Whats the difference?


    Easy upgrade
    The free and paid editions of Veeam
    Backup & Replication use the same
    download and install, with functionality
    controlled by the presence or absence
    of a license key.
    Operates in free mode when no
    license key is present, or when
    anexpired license key is present.
    There is no limit on the number
    ofhosts, sockets or VMs.
    The paid editions require a valid
    (unexpired) license key, and are
    limited to the number of host
    CPU sockets specified for each
    hypervisor (VMware and Hyper-V)
    inthelicensekey.
    You can easily upgrade toapaid
    versionsimply install alicensekey.

    Feature

    Veeam offers a free version of its award-winning Veeam


    Backup & Replication software. The free version, Veeam
    Backup Free Edition, provides a subset of the functionality
    inthe paid editions of Veeam Backup & Replication.
    Veeam Backup Free Edition provides a number of powerful utilities for managing
    virtual machines (VMs). It complements your regular backup tool by providing easy
    ad-hoc backups of individual VMs. And it provides flexible recovery, with the ability
    to restore the entire VM or individual VM files, guest files, and Microsoft Exchange
    items directly from the backup.
    Free Edition does have a number of limitations, including:
    Full backups of individual VMs onlyno scheduled, incremental or
    multiVMbackups
    No vPower capabilities (however, you can import VeeamZIP backups into
    thepaid editions and use vPower capabilities there)
    No VM replication
    No scripting
    The following chart details the differences between Veeam Backup Free Edition
    andVeeam Backup & Replication Standard Edition. (Free Edition does not include
    any of the additional functionality in Enterprise Edition.)

    Free
    Edition

    Standard
    Edition

    Notes

    Backup
    VeeamZIP
    1 VM at a time

    VeeamZIP performs an ad-hoc, one-time backup of one ormore


    VMs. With Standard Edition, you can backup one ormore VMs
    1 or more VMs ata time. With Free Edition, youre limited to oneVM at a time.

    Backup jobs

    A backup job backs up one or more VMs, typically on


    ascheduled basis, with multiple restore points and a specified
    retention policy. Standard Edition includes backup jobs;
    FreeEdition does not.

    Incremental backups

    Free Edition performs VeeamZIP backups only. VeeamZIP


    backups are full backups only.

    Scheduled backups

    Free Edition performs VeeamZIP backups only. VeeamZIP


    backups are ad-hoc only.

    Application-aware processing

    Free Edition performs VeeamZIP backups only. VeeamZIP


    backups use the hypervisors built-in application-level
    quiescingfunctionality.
    Backup jobs perform advanced applicationaware processing
    steps, including truncation of Microsoft Exchange andSQL Server
    transaction logs.

    Compression

    VeeamZIP compresses data to reduce the size of the backup file.


    It also removes zero-byte blocks and excludes swap files.

    To learn more, visit: www.veeam.com

    PRODUCT BULLETIN

    Feature

    Free
    Edition

    Standard
    Edition

    Notes

    Backup (continued)
    Deduplication

    VeeamZIP deduplicates data in the backup. However, with Free


    Edition, the backup is limited to a single backup of a single VM,
    sothededuplication ratio is typically minimal.

    Windows guest file indexing

    Free Edition performs VeeamZIP backups only. VeeamZIP


    backups do not offer Windows guest file indexing. Backup jobs
    can index the guest file system when backing up a Windows VM,
    to facilitate search/recovery of Windows guest files.

    Restore
    VM recovery

    Both editions support recovery of an entire VM on the original


    host or on a different host.

    VM file recovery

    Both editions support recovery of individual VM files.

    Instant VM Recovery

    Free Edition does not include vPower or Instant VM Recovery.

    Instant File-Level Recovery

    Both editions support recovery of individual guest files inside


    theVM directly from the backup.

    Veeam Explorer for Microsoft


    Exchange

    Browse, search and restore individual items (emails, notes,


    contacts, etc.) from mailboxes and mailbox stores inside backups,
    without first restoring the backup.

    Veeam Explorer for SAN


    Snapshots

    Restore individual VMware VMs, guest files and Exchange items


    from HP StoreVirtual VSA and LeftHand snapshots.

    Replication
    VM replication

    Free Edition contains no VM replication, failover orfailback


    capabilities.

    Architecture
    Distributed architecture

    Standard Edition offers a fully distributed architecture, with one


    or more backup servers and one or more backup proxy servers
    running on the same or different machines, with automatic
    intelligent load balancing across backup proxy servers.
    Free Edition is limited to a single backup server and a single
    backup proxy server running on the same machine.

    Support for remote backup


    repositories

    Free Edition can backup to local storage, locally attached storage


    and CIFS (SMB) network shares only. It does not support remote
    agent-enabled backup repositories (for example, to optimize data
    transfer across the WAN).

    Multi-hypervisor support

    Both editions support both VMware vSphere and Microsoft


    Hyper-V (standalone hosts and through vCenter Server/SCVMM).

    Support for all VMware access


    modes

    Both editions support Direct SAN, Hot Add and Network


    accessmodes.

    Hyper-V backup
    On-host only
    Windows-based console

    Free Edition supports on-host Hyper-V backups only.


    StandardEdition also supports off-host backups to offload
    On- or off-host backup processing from the host to a dedicated server.
    Both editions include a Windows-based console. By default,
    Free Edition presents a reduced UI with only the functionality
    available in Free Edition; the full UI can be presented, if desired.

    To learn more, visit: www.veeam.com

    PRODUCT BULLETIN

    Feature

    Free
    Edition

    Standard
    Edition

    Notes

    Architecture (continued)
    PowerShell and command-line
    scripting

    Standard Edition includes a PowerShell Snap-in for automating


    backup and replication activities via scripts. Free Edition does not
    include any scripting capabilities.

    Veeam Enterprise Manager

    Veeam Enterprise Manager provides a web-based interface for


    monitoring and managing backup jobs, managing Virtual Lab
    requests and searching/recovering Windows guest files.

    Other
    File Manager

    Both editions provide file management capabilities


    (thefunctionality previously provided by Veeam FastSCP).

    VM Copy for VMware

    In addition to creating a backup or replica, Standard Edition can


    create a complete copy of a VMware VM on any storage.

    Quick Migration for VMware

    Both editions allow you to migrate VMs between hosts and/or


    datastores using native VMware or Veeam migration technologies.

    Technical support

    Technical support for Free Edition is available online via Customer


    Center. You can browse the knowledge base and submit support
    cases (but no guaranteed response).

    Limited

    Full

    To learn more, visit: www.veeam.com


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    the property of their respective owners.
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