Veeam Availability Suite Enterprise Subscription | 1 Socket Multi-Platform Support

The Veeam Availability Suite Enterprise Subscription for 1 Socket offers enterprise-grade data protection across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. This subscription license equips you with the best-in-class backup, replication, monitoring, and analytics needed to ensure continuous availability of your critical systems. With multi-platform support, it’s designed for diverse IT estates that require a unified solution to protect workloads running on VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, Windows, and cloud platforms. Experience reliable recovery, streamlined operations, and proactive insights that help you meet stringent RPOs and RTOs while simplifying license management in a dynamic data center.

• Unified data protection: Combines Veeam Backup & Replication with Veeam ONE to deliver comprehensive backup, replication, monitoring, and reporting from a single pane of glass for VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, Windows, and multi-cloud deployments.
• Enterprise-grade capabilities: Includes features such as instant VM recovery, SureBackup verification, SureReplica testing, built-in WAN acceleration, and automated verification to validate recoverability without disrupting production workloads.
• Flexible, scalable licensing: An Enterprise Subscription licensed per 1 socket, offering predictable cost and scalable capacity as your environment grows, without sacrificing performance or protection quality.
• Multi-platform, multi-hypervisor support: Works across leading virtualization platforms and operating systems, enabling consistent protection whether your workloads run on VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux, or mixed environments.
• Cloud-ready and repository-friendly: Seamlessly integrates with on-premises repositories, object storage, and public cloud targets to optimize storage costs, enable long-term retention, and support disaster recovery readiness across sites and regions.

Technical Details of Veeam Availability Suite Enterprise Subscription | 1 Socket Multi-Platform Support

• License type: Enterprise Subscription
• Socket coverage: 1 Socket
• Platform support: Multi-Platform (Windows and Linux hosts; compatible with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and mixed environments)
• Included components: Veeam Backup & Replication plus Veeam ONE for monitoring, reporting, and capacity planning
• Protection capabilities: Backup, replication, recoveries (instant VM recovery, item-level restore in supported scenarios), and automated testing of recoverability
• Recovery objectives: Designed to help minimize RPOs and RTOs with fast restores and verified recoveries
• Storage integration: Supports local, remote, deduplicating, and object storage targets; cloud integration available for long-term retention and DR
• Management: Centralized administration via the Veeam Console; scalable for multi-site deployments
• Security and controls: Role-based access, encryption in transit and at rest (where supported by storage), and centralized license management

how to install Veeam Availability Suite Enterprise Subscription

• Prepare your environment: Verify system requirements for Windows Server or supported OS for the Veeam components, ensure sufficient CPU, memory, and storage capacity, and confirm network connectivity to backup targets and repositories.
• Obtain and activate your license: Access your Veeam license or vendor portal and apply the 1-socket Enterprise Subscription license to your deployment to enable all included features.
• Download and run the installer: Obtain the Veeam Availability Suite installer that includes Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE. Run the installer on a suitable server that meets the requirements for your environment.
• Configure components: During setup, choose the components to install (Backup & Replication and Monitoring/Reporting). Connect to your virtualization hosts (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V) and designate your backup repositories and cloud/remote targets.
• Create guards for recoverability: Set up backup jobs, replication jobs, and SureBackup jobs where supported. Define retention policies, verify backup integrity, and configure monitoring dashboards for proactive alerts and capacity planning.
• Schedule and automate: Establish job schedules, automated verification windows, and alert thresholds. Enable continuous data protection practices and ongoing optimization of storage usage via work queues and tiered storage.
• Operate and optimize: Use Veeam ONE for ongoing monitoring, reporting, and capacity planning. Review dashboards to identify bottlenecks, adjust resource allocation, and refine protection strategies as workloads evolve.

Frequently asked questions

• What is Veeam Availability Suite? It is a comprehensive data protection platform that combines Veeam Backup & Replication with Veeam ONE for backup, replication, monitoring, reporting, and analytics across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• What does a 1 Socket Enterprise Subscription mean? It indicates that the licensing is based on a single CPU socket on physical or virtual hosts where the Veeam components run, providing enterprise-grade protection with scalable capacity as your environment expands.
• Which platforms are supported? Veeam Availability Suite supports multiple platforms, including VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors, as well as Windows and Linux operating systems. It is designed for heterogeneous environments with mixed workloads.
• Can I protect cloud and on-prem resources? Yes. The suite supports backups to on-prem repositories and cloud/object storage targets, enabling long-term retention, DR readiness, and cross-site protection.
• What recovery options are included? You can perform instant VM recovery, full VM restoration, file-level or application-item restores where applicable, and automated verification through SureBackup to ensure recoverability.
• Is this license suitable for growing environments? Yes. The Enterprise Subscription model is designed to scale with your infrastructure, allowing you to add hosts and storage targets while maintaining centralized management and consistent protection.
• Do I get monitoring and reporting? Yes. Veeam ONE provides proactive monitoring, alerting, resource planning, and capacity analytics that complement the backup and replication capabilities.
• How do I upgrade or renew? Licensing is handled through your vendor portal or Veeam account. Renewal ensures continued access to updates, support, and new features as they are released.

Note: The exact specifications and feature availability can vary by product version and regional licensing. The Enterprise Subscription for 1 Socket is designed to deliver a balanced mix of protection, visibility, and control for resilient IT operations across diverse environments.