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Removing a License from Veeam Backup and Replication or Enterprise Manager
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Purpose
This article provides information regarding the process of removing licenses from Veeam Backup & Replication and Enterprise Manager.
Solution
If Enterprise Manager manages the Veeam Backup & Replication server, you cannot remove the license from Veeam Backup & Replication. Any attempts to do so will result in the license being reapplied by the Enterprise Manager server. If you are unsure whether Enterprise Manager manages a Veeam Backup & Replication server, attempt to install a license file within Veeam Backup & Replication. If it allows you to click the Install button within the license section without a message about Enterprise Manager, the licenses are not managed by Enterprise Manager.
If Enterprise Manager manages licenses:
Information is available in the Product User Guide here:
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Guide > Licensing > Removing License
If Veeam Backup & Replication manages licenses:
Information is available in the Product Userguide here:
Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide > Licensing > Removing License
More Information
If the licenses are managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, and the console is inaccessible, it is possible to remove the license via the command line.
- Open an administrative command prompt.
- Navigate to the VBR installation folder (default path in the example below):
cd C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup
- Remove the license by running:
Veeam.Backup.Manager.exe -removelicense
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