[Quicktip] Licensing in Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator

Played around with the new version 5 of Veeam's Disaster Recovery Orchestrator (VDRO). I had some troubles with licenses and wanted to share my outcomes.

There are a few components that should be taken into account for licensing:

• Production VBR server
• VDRO server
• Embedded VBR server within VDRO server

Some facts here:

• Production VBR server
  Can be added to VDRO server. Which will be normally the case for production installations. For PoC, it is not necessary to do so. When adding to VDRO (an agent will be installed), consider the following:
  • You are not allowed to mix trial and NFR keys! So, when your VDRO server runs a trial (or paid) license, a NFR licensed VBR server cannot be added.  

    

    https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdro/userguide/licensed_objects.html?ver=50#licensing-for-standalone-veeam-backup---replication-servers-with-orchestrator-agents

  • VBR server must have Enterprise or Enterprise PLUS edition licensed.

• VDRO server
  There are a few licensing types here: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdro/userguide/license_types.html?ver=50.
  For Demo or PoC purpose, trial and NRF licenses will be common.

• Embedded VBR server (within VDRO server)
  • This VBR server is licensed for 1 instance by default. So for each kind of restore functionality will work fine. But if you want to include this VBR server into your DR plans - for example for doing backups after a disaster failover - you need to replace the default license by a paid - respectively trial or NFR - one. 
    https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdro/userguide/licensed_objects.html?ver=50#licensing-for-embedded-veeam-backup---replication-server
  • For a PoC it will be a good idea to install the same type of license as VDRO server (NFR respectively trial)

I hope this helps to start your journey with this great product!