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So my objective is to back up the key component of the system, which is a Windows server performing specific roles, and ideally I don't want to add both vSphere and Veeam to the scope of this machine.<br />
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I'm happy to put on the Veeam role if it's essential.
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So my objective is to back up the key component of the system, which is a Windows server performing specific roles, and ideally I don't want to add both vSphere and Veeam to the scope of this machine.

I'm happy to put on the Veeam role if it's essential.

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Hi, in order to use Veeam to replicate VMs from one physical host to another, I am aware that a paid for ESXi license is required.<br />
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If I purchase VMware Essentials, is it necessary to install the vCentre software on the server to use Veeam, or is it possible to add the host license keys to the ESXi hosts themselves so the vStorage APIs become available?
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Hi, in order to use Veeam to replicate VMs from one physical host to another, I am aware that a paid for ESXi license is required.

If I purchase VMware Essentials, is it necessary to install the vCentre software on the server to use Veeam, or is it possible to add the host license keys to the ESXi hosts themselves so the vStorage APIs become available?

Veeam and VMWare licensing question

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.