Acronis Backup for VMware 9 - User Guide - Manual (Page 101)

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15.4.4 Available Licenses
There are several license types that can be used by Acronis vmProtect 9:
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Acronis vmProtect 6/7 Standard Licenses
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Acronis vmProtect 9 Upgrade Licenses
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Acronis vmProtect 9 Standard Licenses
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Acronis vmProtect Trial Licenses
Acronis vmProtect 9 uses “per-socket” licensing scheme, where each CPU socket of an ESX(i) host
requires one license of Acronis vmProtect 9. The licenses are assigned to the ESX(i) host upon first
backup or replication of a VM from this ESX(i) host. If this host is a part of VMware cluster then the
licenses will also be assigned to all other ESX(i) hosts which are included into this cluster.
All serial numbers with their details and statuses are listed according to their license types.
Acronis vmProtect 9 uses either Acronis vmProtect 9 Standard License, or Acronis vmProtect 9
Upgrade License. To add Acronis vmProtect 9 Upgrade License there must be sufficient number of
Acronis vmProtect 6/7 Standard License registered already, or otherwise adding the Acronis
vmProtect 9 Upgrade License will fail.
The number of available licenses shows how many licenses (vmProtect 9 Standard Licenses and
vmProtect 9 Upgrade License) can still be used to assign to the ESX(i) hosts. Used licenses are the
licenses already assigned to their respective ESX(i) hosts. Total number of licenses are used and
available licenses combined. The number of not upgraded licences indicate vmProtect 6/7 standard
licenses for which there are no vmProtect 9 upgrade licenses added.
15.5 Managing ESX(i) hosts
Click ESX(i) hosts in the Configure tab of the Acronis vmProtect 9 main ribbon menu to open the
ESX(i) hosts page.
15.5.1 ESX(i) hosts list
The Hosts view provides an overview and management interface for the ESX(i) hosts/vCenter
registered in the vmProtect 9 Agent settings. The ribbon buttons allow you to add other ESX(i) hosts
to the list or remove them.
At the first run of Acronis vmProtect 9 there are no registered ESX(i) hosts/clusters. On this page you
can add new ESX(i) hosts as described below.
After adding an ESX(i) host/vCenter, it will appear in the hosts list.