Free NFR of Veeam Availability Suite v9 with Backup & Replication for VCPs, vExperts, and many other certified professionals
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Notice the TinkerTry tagline, above. The words home and backup. They're an integral part of my two decade IT career, and a common theme among the 700+ posts here at TinkerTry. I'm always investigating various ways to backup all of my home lab PCs, servers and VMs.
I use Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE extensively to protect my extended family and friends. I would like to test its ability to back up to a Veeam v9 Backup & Replication backup repository, on a Synology NAS, or on local storage, see also Superguide: SuperServer home virtualization lab storage tiers, platinum through bronze, how many efficient drives fit inside this tiny chassis?.
What would it actually cost me, a vExpert and VCP-DCV, to keep the repository product running in my home lab, which is Veeam Backup & Recovery v9? That centralized repository would hold both my VM backups, and my friends and family PC backups. Well, the pricing is for the enterprise, naturally. That's what I call a showstopper, for the home lab.
Good news. Veeam has updated their existing NFR code download site!
FREE NFR Key for NEW Veeam Availability Suite v9
How to get a free Veeam NFR key
Here at Veeam, we’re passionate about helping people learn to do awesome things with their virtual environment. One of the best ways to learn is from your own experience, which is why we give certified IT pros FREE Not-For-Resale (NFR) keys for Veeam Availability Suite.
Here’s how you can get a free Veeam NFR license key.
What’s NFR?
A Not-For-Resale (NFR) license is a license that can be used in a test environment or home lab for product demos and trainings. NFR for Veeam Availability Suite v9 is a cut above most regular trial keys because it has a 1-year retention period, instead of just 30 days.
In addition, a Veeam NFR license key covers two sockets for any mix of hypervisors (VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft Hyper-V).
If you're a vExpert, VCP, VCAP, VCI, VCDX, VMUG Leader, VTEC, VMCE, MVP, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, Cisco Champion, or PernixPro Member, you may be eligible, for 1 year / 2 sockets. I tried out the link myself, and after filling out the form using my business email address and omitting the comma in Company name "TinkerTry.com, LLC", I was instantly able to download the ISO to give it a go.
Once the form was submitted, I immediately received an email that looked like this:
Dear Paul,
Thank you for your interest in Veeam Availability Suite 9.0 for VMware and Hyper-V.
Your NFR license key is attached.
LICENSE KEY:
• Product version: 9.x
• Expiration Date: 13/03/2017
An NFR (Not for Resale) license can only be used for evaluation or demonstration purposes; it is not for production usage.
so it's good to be aware that your one year starts with your NFR request date.
See also at TinkerTry
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How to manually reset your Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE database
- Free NFR of Veeam Availability Suite v8 with Backup & Replication for VCPs, vExperts, and many other certified professionals
See also
- Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE - Backing Up to Backup Repositories
Disclosure
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I reserve and exercise the right to freely write about topics that I choose, whenever I choose to, an essential part of what makes blogging about home virtualization labs, storage, and backup so much fun for me.
All Comments on This Article (6)
I'm really excited about VSAN 6.2 and can't wait for it to be released. Still trying to figure out how I can affordably setup a 3 node cluster for VSAN. I'm interested in doing my VCP6-DCV early next year so I do need to get some hardware. Nested virtualisation works but its no substitute for the real thing!!
You know who I am Paul ;-) I don't have any social media logins and have never used Disqus so I'll continue posting as "S" mwhaha...
Looking forward to hearing how your VSAN 6.2 works out!
Too bad that you don't have a Disqus login, because I suspect you'd be the new #1 commenter.
Anonymous lurker status aside ;-), your time and wonderful comments are GREATLY appreciated here!
I originally installed Veeam v8 on a VM running Windows Server 2012 R2 DataCenter. In January I upgraded Veeam to v9. After upgrading I requested new NFR keys and I am now licensed for another year.
The one company I was interested in refused to give me an NFR license for longer than a year. I was told that after the year was up I had to purchase a full license (costing well over $3000). When I explained to them that I was an individual and that this was for home use for studying they stopped responding!! Anyways, I've decided vSAN is the way to go so I'm not interested in their product anymore ;-)
Thank you so much for the great feedback, I feel the same way! Great tip about the 1 year! FYI, I heard others at VMworld 2012 lamenting the loss of VMTN, thank goodness EVALExperience came out! https://TinkerTry.com/evalexperience
So, what exact OS did you install your Veeam v8 or v9 on? Physical or VM?
Good post! I really REALLY wish all companies would follow in Veeams footsteps in offering NFR type licenses for their products. In my lab environment I've had to shelve learning some products as the the company that produces them refuse to issue a license longer than the usual 30 day trial which, for me, is pointless (I get busy and 30 days can fly by). The nice thing about Veeams one year NFR license is that you can request another one when it expires. I'm on my second license! When you think about it it makes sense to allow us home labbers to have free NFR type licenses as it a) allows us to get familiar with the product and b) to promote/advertise the product and c) no person at home is going to spend thousands of €/$/£ to license software at home just to learn it. So well done Veeam. Heres hoping the other companies take note of this and consider implenting NFR type licenses (or something similar).
Paul Braren | TinkerTry.com
Thanks for dropping the tip here, can you share how many watts used at idle and under load, if you happen to know?