User guide

The licensing scheme in vmProtect implies that each CPU on the managed ESX host/cluster consumes

a license.

At the first run of Acronis vmProtect there are no licenses bound to any ESX hosts/clusters. Here, you

can add a new license as described below.

The imported (added) serial numbers may contain a number of licenses inside. The right section on

the Licenses page shows the serial numbers list, the number of licenses, as well as their import date

and expiration date.

The left section represents the list of the ESX hosts/clusters with some licenses bound. Licenses are

bound to the ESX host/cluster upon first backup or restore operation with virtual machines running

on this host. In case of a cluster, the licenses will be bound to all hosts included in this cluster. If a

host is removed from the cluster, the license is not freed up automatically. You can remove the

license binding by selecting the ESX host/cluster here and clicking on the Remove button in the tool

bar. The licenses which were bound to this host will be free again and can be reused on another ESX

host/cluster.

Managing licenses page, licenses list

12.4.1 Adding license

You can add licenses by copy-pasting them into the corresponding field or by browsing the file with

the licenses you would like to import. Acronis vmProtect supports .txt or .csv file format.