Veeam Data Platform Foundation Socket Subscription License
Ensure business continuity and data protection with the Veeam Data Platform Foundation, offering 1 socket of subscription license coverage for critical workloads.
- Coverage for Critical Data: Protects essential business data and applications from loss or corruption.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Provides flexible, ongoing access to advanced data protection features.
- Foundation for Resilience: Establishes a core data protection strategy for SMB and mid-market organizations.
- Simplified Management: Offers a streamlined approach to managing data backup and recovery processes.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Veeam Data Platform Foundation is a subscription-based software license providing essential data protection capabilities for businesses. This foundational offering includes 1 socket of coverage, enabling organizations to safeguard their critical virtualized environments and ensure business continuity.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this license fits into environments with existing virtual infrastructure. It serves as a core component for any business needing reliable backup and recovery solutions without the complexity of enterprise-level management.
- Core Data Protection: Safeguards virtual machines and critical applications.
- Subscription Licensing: Offers predictable costs and continuous access to software updates.
- Foundation for Recovery: Enables quick restoration of data and services after an incident.
- Scalable Protection: Provides a starting point for data protection that can grow with business needs.
- Simplified Deployment: Designed for straightforward integration into existing virtual environments.
This Veeam Data Platform Foundation license is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking essential data protection without enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Teams to Protect Virtual Machines
Enable teams to safeguard critical virtual machines and their associated data. Streamline the backup process for virtualized workloads to prevent data loss and ensure rapid recovery.
virtualized environments, server consolidation, business continuity planning, IT infrastructure management
Streamline Backup and Recovery Operations
Streamline the entire backup and recovery lifecycle for virtualized assets. Automate routine backup tasks and simplify the process of restoring data to minimize downtime.
data management, IT operations efficiency, disaster recovery preparedness, virtual infrastructure
Automate Data Protection for Business Continuity
Automate data protection processes to ensure business continuity in the face of hardware failures or cyber threats. Provide reliable recovery points for critical applications and systems.
risk mitigation, operational resilience, IT service delivery, data integrity
Key Features
1-Socket Subscription License
Provides a cost-effective and flexible way to license core data protection for a specific number of virtual sockets.
Veeam Data Platform Foundation
Offers essential backup, recovery, and data protection capabilities for virtualized environments.
Subscription Model
Ensures continuous access to the latest software features and support, with predictable operational expenses.
Simplified Management Interface
Reduces complexity in managing backup and recovery tasks, allowing IT staff to focus on other critical operations.
Core Recovery Capabilities
Enables quick restoration of virtual machines and data, minimizing downtime and business impact.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent data protection and rapid recovery to meet regulatory compliance and maintain customer trust, making robust backup solutions essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and ensure continuous access to critical systems, aligning with HIPAA and other data privacy regulations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Maintaining operational uptime is critical in manufacturing; this solution helps protect production systems and data, minimizing costly downtime.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client data that requires secure backup and swift recovery to maintain client confidentiality and business operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a socket in the context of Veeam licensing?
A socket refers to a physical CPU socket on the host server where your virtual machines are running. Veeam's socket licensing model allows you to protect an unlimited number of virtual machines running on that licensed host.
What is the difference between Foundation and other Veeam editions?
The Foundation edition provides the core data protection features necessary for basic backup and recovery of virtual environments. Higher editions offer advanced features like replication, cloud integration, and more comprehensive disaster recovery capabilities.
Can this license be used for physical servers?
The Veeam Data Platform Foundation socket license is primarily designed for the protection of virtual machines running on virtual hosts. Protection for physical servers typically requires different licensing models or editions.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.