Editions

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Veeam Availability Suite

Editions comparison
Veeam® offers different editions of Veeam Availability Suite™,
based on the level of functionality you need from Veeam Backup What is Veeam Availability Suite?
& Replication™. Veeam Availability Suite is Veeam’s
flagship product, delivering Availability
for ALL workloads — virtual, physical and
Veeam Availability Suite includes Veeam ONE cloud — from a single management console.
It combines the industry-leading backup,
Veeam Availability Suite includes Veeam ONE™, providing complete visibility into restore and replication capabilities of Veeam
your entire IT environment, including virtual, physical and cloud-based workloads. Backup & Replication with the advanced
With support for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, Veeam ONE delivers monitoring, reporting and capacity planning
proactive monitoring and alerting through interactive tools so you can be alerted functionality of Veeam ONE.
to potential problems before operational impact, including:
• 24x7 real-time monitoring, reporting and alerting
• Resource optimization and configuration tracking
• Capacity planning and forecasting
• Chargeback and billing capabilities
Veeam Availability Suite can also be purchased by small businesses with
environments of 6 CPU sockets or less (typically found in companies with fewer
than 250 employees) under the product Veeam Backup Essentials™.

Veeam Backup & Standard Enterprise Enterprise Plus Notes

Replication feature edition edition edition
High-Speed Recovery
Entire VM recovery

Full VM recovery Recover an entire VM on the original host or on a different host.

Includes quick rollback functionality to restore changed blocks only.
Instant VM Recovery® Quickly restore service to users by starting a VM directly from a
backup file on regular backup storage.
VM file and virtual
Recover individual VM files (such as VMX) and virtual disks.
disk recovery
Veeam Restore to Restore or migrate on-premises, Windows-based or Linux-based
Microsoft Azure VMs, physical servers and endpoints directly into Microsoft Azure.
File-level recovery
Instant File-Level Recover files from 19 common file systems used by Windows,
Recovery Linux, BSD, Mac OS, Novell, Solaris and Unix.3
Item-level recovery
Veeam Explorer™ for Restore individual VMs, guest files and application items from:
Storage Snapshots • Dell EMC VNX, VNX2 and VNXe snapshots
(Dell EMC, HPE, • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual
IBMNEW, LenovoNEW, and StoreVirtual VSA snapshots
NetApp, and Nimble)1
• IBM Spectrum Virtualize snapshots on IBM SAN Volume
Controller and the Storwize family
• Lenovo V Series Spectrum Virtualize snapshots
• NetApp Data ONTAP-based storage, including FAS, FlexArray,
Data ONTAP Edge
• Nimble CS series and AF series snapshots

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Veeam Backup & Standard Enterprise Enterprise Plus Notes

Replication feature edition edition edition
Veeam Explorer Search and restore for all Active Directory (AD) object types, such
for Microsoft as users, groups, computer accounts and contacts, including user
Active Directory and computer password recovery.
All editions support single user and computer account restore via
export in LDIFDE format or restore back to AD, plus the ability
to restore passwords. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions
include multi-select restore and container restore, Group Policy
Objects (GPO) restore, AD-integrated DNS records restore and
Configuration Partition objects restore.
Veeam Explorer Get instant visibility into Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2013 and 2016
for Microsoft backups for item recovery of individual Exchange items (emails,
Exchange appointments, notes, contacts, etc.), online archive mailboxes
and hard-deleted items. Leverage comprehensive e-Discovery
functionality, including query-result, size estimation and detailed
export reports.
All editions support Exchange mailbox item restore via save, send
and PST export. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions support
restore back into the original mailbox.
Veeam Explorer Restore individual SQL databases with ease, without needing an
for Microsoft extensive SQL background or having to search for database and
SQL Server transaction-log files.
All editions support point-in-time export of SQL database files
locally. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions include agentless,
transaction-log backup and replay, transaction-level recovery of
databases and SQL objects (tables, stored procedures, views, etc.)
back to the original or new SQL server.
Veeam Explorer Get instant visibility into SharePoint backups with advanced
for Microsoft search-and-browse capabilities for quick recovery of individual
SharePoint SharePoint items and entire sites.
All editions support SharePoint item restore via save, send and
export. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions also support entire-
site restore, as well as restore to the original location.
Veeam Explorer Restore individual Oracle databases with ease, without needing an
for Oracle extensive Oracle background or having
to search for database and
transaction-log files.
Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions include agentless, transaction-
log backup, archived log management and transaction-level recovery of
databases back to the original or new Oracle server.
U-AIR® (Universal Recover individual objects for ANY virtualized application, including
Application-Item PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, by starting up the VM directly
Recovery) from a backup file in an isolated environment and accessing the
application with native management tools.
Self service
1-Click File and VM
Restore guest files and VMs with a single click
recovery portal for
through a web UI.
help desk operators

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Veeam Backup & Standard Enterprise Enterprise Plus Notes

Replication feature edition edition edition
Microsoft Exchange
item recovery Restore missing mailbox items back to the original mailbox with a
portal for help desk single click through a web UI.
operators
Database recovery
Restore individual databases back to the original server or a new
portal for Microsoft
SQL server with a single click through a web UI.
SQL DBAs
Self-service, file-
File-restore portal with automatic VM detection, and automatic
restore portal for
delegation based on local administrator group membership.
application owners
Recovery delegation Enable full self-service for all web UI recovery features by
delegating recoveries for individual VMs and groups of VMs to
specific users or groups such as local IT staff, application owners,
department members, etc.

Data Loss Avoidance

Backup
Application-aware, Create application-consistent, image-level VM backups with
image-based backups advanced, application-aware processing (including transaction log
truncation).
VeeamZIP™ Streamline ad-hoc backups of live VMs for archival purposes.
Quick backup Perform quick incremental backups of individual VMs with the
existing backup job.
ROBO Guest Reduce the load on the central backup server and simplify
Interaction Proxy scalability for enterprise-level businesses with a large number
of remote office/branch offices (ROBOs) when performing
application- aware processing and guest file system indexing.
Backup I/O control Allows you to set the maximum acceptable I/O latency level for
production datastores to ensure that backup and replication activities
do not impact storage Availability to production workloads. Enterprise
edition includes a global latency setting, and Enterprise Plus edition
provides setting customization on a per-datastore basis.
Backup from Storage Create image-based backups and replicas as often as necessary with
Snapshots (Cisco, Dell little to no impact on production, including:
EMC, HPE, IBMNEW,
• Cisco HyperFlex snapshots
LenovoNEW, NetApp,
• Dell EMC VNX, VNX2 and VNXe snapshots
and Nimble)2
• HPE 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual and StoreVirtual VSA snapshots
• IBM Spectrum Virtualize FlashCopy
• Lenovo Spectrum Virtualize FlashCopy
• NetApp Data ONTAP-based storage, including FAS, FlexArray
(V-Series), Data ONTAP Edge
• Nimble CS and AF series snapshots
Backup from NetApp
Eliminate additional impact from backup activities on production
SnapMirror and
storage by retrieving VM data from NetApp SnapMirror or SnapVault
SnapVault1 and
and Nimble Replicated Copies secondary storage systems, instead of
Nimble Replicated
from the primary storage system.
Copies1

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Replication feature edition edition edition
Secondary
SnapShot Create a second, application-consistent, storage-snapshot-based
backup to NetApp
SnapShot SnapMirror backup to NetApp Data ONTAP-based storage, including FAS,
or Nimble storage1 SnapShot
SnapMirror SnapVault FlexArray (V-Series), Data ONTAP Edge VSA and IBM N series or
Replicated copy Nimble CS and AF-series arrays.

Storing backups
Synthetic full backup Eliminate the need for periodic full backups by creating forever-
incremental backups that save time and storage.
Built-in deduplication, Decrease backup storage requirements and network traffic with built-in
compression and deduplication; multiple compression options let you balance storage
swap exclusion consumption with performance and backup proxy load; swap exclusion
reduces backup footprint and improves performance.
BitLooker™ Analyzes the NTFS Master File Table (MFT) to identify blocks belonging
to deleted files, and skips those blocks from image-level processing to
reduce backup-file sizes and replication-bandwidth consumption.
Backup Copy jobs Copy all or selected VM backups to your DR storage location of
choice automatically, including validation and remediation to
ensure copies are available and reliable.
Veeam Cloud Get your backups off site with fully integrated, fast and secure backup,
Connect Backup and restore from the cloud through a service provider of your choice.
End-to-end Secure backup data and network transfers with end-to-end AES
encryption 256-bit encryption, without any negative impact on built-in
compression and WAN acceleration data-reduction ratios.
All editions include at-source (during backup), in-flight (network
traffic) and at-rest (tape) encryption. Enterprise and Enterprise
Plus editions also include lost password protection.
Native tape support Back up and archive files and VM backups to standalone tapes,
tape libraries and virtual tape libraries connected to any Microsoft
Windows server in your environment.
All editions support copying Windows, Linux and VM backup files to
tape. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions add tight integration with
backup jobs and support full tracking of VMs and restore points on
tape, as well as in media vaults. These editions also include support for
global media pools (spanning multiple tape libraries) and a dedicated
media-pool type to simplify Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) retention.
Proxy affinity Simplify job creation and map direct connections between proxies
and backup repositories.
Deduplicating Get faster backup performance by backing up to deduplicating
storage integrations storage integrations (EMC Data Domain Boost, HPE StoreOnce
Catalyst and ExaGrid Accelerated Data Mover).
Per-VM backup files Store each VM in a separate backup file to enhance backup
for deduplicating performance when backing up to deduplicating storage. This
storage is accomplished by leveraging parallel VM processing to
enable
multiple, concurrent write streams.
File-selective, image- Exclude individual files and folders during backup and replication to
level processing reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred and stored.

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Veeam Backup & Standard Enterprise Enterprise Plus Notes

Replication feature edition edition edition
Built-in WAN Get backups off site up to 50x faster and save bandwidth with
Acceleration agentless Backup Copy jobs.
Enterprise edition supports Built-in WAN Acceleration to Veeam
Cloud Connect targets only. Enterprise Plus edition supports Built-
in WAN Acceleration to any target.

Scale-out Backup Provide an abstraction layer over individual storage devices to create
Repository™ a single virtual pool of backup storage for your backups. Please note:
With the purchase of Enterprise edition, users can create one Scale-
out Backup Repository with three active extents and one inactive
extent (placed in maintenance mode). Enterprise Plus Edition has no
limitations on the number of repositories or extents.

Replication
Image-based VM Replicate VMs on site for high Availability, or off site for DR.
replication
Veeam Cloud Ensure Availability of your mission-critical applications with fully
Connect Replication integrated, fast and secure cloud-based DR through a DRaaS
(Disaster Recovery as a Service) provider of your choice.

Assisted failover Replica rollback and assisted failover and failback.

and failback
Replication from a Create replicas directly from VM backup files without
backup impacting production.

Planned failover Facilitate data-center migrations with zero data loss.

1-click failover Built-in failover plan orchestration enabling easy, 1-click-site failover
orchestration to minimize unplanned downtime.

Built-in WAN Get replicas off site up to 50x faster and save bandwidth.
Acceleration Enterprise edition supports Built-in WAN Acceleration
to Veeam
Cloud Connect targets only. Enterprise Plus edition supports Built-
in WAN Acceleration to any target.

Verified Recoverability
SureBackup® Automatically test and verify every backed-up VM for recoverability
by running the VM directly from the backup file (no full VM restore
is required), including support for custom application test scripts.

SureReplica1 Automatically test and verify every replica VM for recoverability,

including support for custom application test scripts.

Leveraged Data
On-Demand Run one or more VMs directly from a backup in an isolated
Sandbox™ environment with the ability to troubleshoot, test and train
on a working copy of the production environment, without
impacting business operations.
On-Demand Use storage snapshots to quickly create complete isolated copies
Sandbox for Storage of your production environment, for fast and easy testing and
Snapshots1 troubleshooting.

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Replication feature edition edition edition
Complete Visibility
Support for VMware
Support for VMware vSphere 4.1 or later and Microsoft Hyper-V
vSphere and
2008 R2 SP1 or later. View both hypervisors from a single console.
Microsoft Hyper-V
vSphere Web Client Perform VeeamZIP and Quick Backup; monitor backups, easily
Plug-in1 identify unprotected VMs and simplify capacity planning —
all directly from the vSphere Web Client.

Built-in management Includes a single pane of glass for Availability of virtual, physical and
for Veeam Agent for cloud workloads, centralized backup agent deployment, Windows
Microsoft Windows Server Failover Cluster support, and monitoring and reporting to
and Veeam Agent identify protected and unprotected agents. Agent licenses for
for LinuxNEW Veeam Agent for Linux and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows are
sold separately.

Standalone console Install the console separately from the backup server for
installation on laptops and desktops, eliminating Remote
Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions to a backup server.

Backup Compliance Includes a predefined geolocation category added to Business View

ReportingNEW that groups objects based on geographical location, a Geolocation
of Data Protection Report to list all data sources grouped by
production location and the location of their copies and/or replicas,
and a Data Geolocation Mismatch Report to list all data sources
that have one or more copies where the location is different from
the production data.

Centralized Get a web-based, consolidated view of your distributed

Management Web UI deployment in a single pane of glass, without having to login
(Veeam Enterprise to individual backup servers, including federation of multiple
Manager) backup servers, centralized reporting and consolidated alerting.
All editions include monitoring and reporting across multiple
backup servers, as well as the ability to start and stop jobs.
Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions also include full job
management functionality, and the ability to perform restores.

Guest file system A catalog of guest files enabling effortless search of individual files
indexing to find and restore a file without knowing the precise file location,
or the time when it was deleted.
All editions provide a catalog of guest files in backups currently on
disk. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions also provide a catalog
of archived backup files, and integrate with one click to enable
restores directly from search results.

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Replication feature edition edition edition
vCloud Director Back up vApp and VM metadata and attributes and restore vApps and
support1 VMs directly to vCloud with full support for fast-provisioned VMs.
All editions provide integrated visibility of vCloud Director
infrastructure, backup via VeeamZIP (including backup of vApp and
VM meta data and attributes) and direct restore to vCloud. Enterprise
edition supports scheduled incremental backup jobs of vCloud VMs,
as well as customer portal integration via RESTful API. Enterprise Plus
edition supports self-service, tenant-managed backup and restore via
Enterprise Manager, as well as native vCloud Director authentication.

Other capabilities
Multiple storage- Backup and replicate directly from SAN and NFS storage, through
access options hypervisor I/O stack or over LAN.

Changed block Minimize backup time and allow for more frequent backup and
tracking replication. Supported on both VMware and Hyper-V.

File Manager Integrates file management (Veeam FastSCP™) into the

operator console.

Quick migration1 Migrate VMware VMs between hosts and datastores using VMware
vMotion, Storage vMotion and Veeam-provided migration technology.

Task automation
All editions support PowerShell. Enterprise Plus edition also
supports RESTful API.

1 VMware only


2 VMware only, yet supported natively for Hyper-V

3 Some file systems supported for VMware only

Fully supported Partially supported

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