This is where the , officially known as the Veeam Vulnerability & Patch Scanner , becomes an essential tool.

Manage all workload types under a single licensing pool.

Seeing these individual metrics allows a backup admin to move from thinking “CVE-2023-27532 is critical” to understanding “An unauthenticated attacker on my network can steal my service account credentials, which likely have domain admin rights.” This distinction is where the calculator’s true value lies.

Do not look at the final number first. Read each metric:

The Veeam Vulnerability & Patch Scanner is a free, portable executable tool provided by Veeam Software. It is designed to scan your Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) infrastructure to detect:

Veeam uses a simple "per workload" ratio. Generally, one VUL instance protects one standard workload. However, different assets consume licenses at different rates: 1 VM = 1 VUL. Physical Servers: 1 Server = 1 VUL. Cloud VMs: 1 Instance = 1 VUL.