Veeam Renewal

Dashrender

Anyone know the difference between these two Veeam Renewal SKUs?

V-ESSSTD-VS-P01AR-0 (CDW price $213)
V-ESSSTD-VS-P01YP-0 (CDW price $175)

One is for Backup Essentials Standard Bundle VMWare
The other is for Essentials Standard Bundle for VMWare

Also, does anyone know how Veeam handles switching from VMWare to Hyper-V? Do I have to buy all over again?

marcinozga

@Dashrender I'm not sure about these SKUs, but switching between hypervisors is seamless. Just submit request to support and they'll send you correct license.
Edit: If you purchased through Veeam online store you cannot swap hypervisor licenses.

Dashrender

@marcinozga said:

@Dashrender I'm not sure about these SKUs, but switching between hypervisors is seamless. Just submit request to support and they'll send you correct license.
Edit: If you purchased through Veeam online store you cannot swap hypervisor licenses.

WOW, what a caveat!

nadnerB

Paging @Rick-Vanover
EDIT: also @Vladimir-Eremin

scottalanmiller

And @angrydok

angrydok

@Dashrender I'll see what I can find.

@scottalanmiller When you used @ I did not get email notifications - is that expected?

angrydok

@Dashrender Quoting the licensing faq:

You can swap your licensed sockets from one hypervisor to another at any time by contacting your Veeam sales representative. To facilitate the conversion, you can get a free temporary license file with the total number of licensed sockets for both hypervisors. This will allow coexistence of environments on the same backup server. This license file is valid for three months and can be extended upon request (for large socket-count environments only). Technical support for both hypervisors is included at no charge for the temporary license duration. Only customers who are current on support are eligible for swaps.

angrydok

Ok, my third post in a row

V-ESSSTD-VS-P01AR-0 this is indeed the Veeam licensing package.
V-ESSSTD-VS-P01YP-0 this looks like a one additional year of maintenance prepaid for Veeam Backup Essentials Standard 2 socket bundle for VMware

But better reach anyone from sales to confirm before purchasing

Dashrender

@angrydok said:

Ok, my third post in a row

V-ESSSTD-VS-P01AR-0 this is indeed the Veeam licensing package.

I don't know what you mean by Veeam Licensing package? There is roughly a $25 difference between those two, but I don't know what the difference is?

That price seems entirely to low to be a full new license of Veeam Essentails 2 Processor.

angrydok

@Dashrender I believe first is the VBR's actual license and another is a support package you can buy it addition to the first one.