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temporary VCENTER + VEEAM setup and licensing

How can we setup a temporary VEEAM server for a customer that will be moving to a new IT firm and datacenter in a couple of months?
Normally we'd setup a site-to-site VPN install a vCenter appliance at the client datacenter and a VEEAM console on a Windows VM, and we'd rent out VMWare vCan license and VEEAM to use in the client datacenter.
In this case the customer is moving to a new IT firm and datacenter shortly and the new IT firm already has full access. So we can't let the new guys in the other firm get hold of the rental licenses.
Is there a feasible option for running the VEEAM and vCenter appliance on our end, and some kind of proxy at the client datacenter? The backups are to be stored at a locally attached storage device at the clients, maybe with a replica in our datacenter as a bonus.

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@Andrew Hancock: Right, we need to protect our rental licenses from a third party. I don't regard the new firm as a big risk in this regard, but I'm sure there's some small print in the licensing contracts that says we shouldn't expose the keys to a third party, and especially with VMWare the keys appear to be in plain sight for anyone with admin access.
We do have the right to rent out these licenses, yes. As you might guess this is our first use case for it though.
And no, the licenses are not to be used by our successors as they will be moving the virtual servers from the customer site into their own datacenter and as far as i know they will be using a different licensing model and/or keys.

@Robert: A temporary license does sound like an ideal option, I'll ask VMWare and VEEAM and see how that goes. Maybe they can check if the licensing model for the new firm is compatible after all as well.

In the event VMWARE and VEEAM can't assist with temporary licenses, is there a constellation that might work well for doing VEEAM backup at the customer site while keeping the licensed servers on our end of the VPN tunnel?

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