You can continue using SQL Express for now given your small environment with only 10–12 VMs. However, you should plan to upgrade to the full version of SQL if you expect growth, need better performance, or want to fully utilize Veeam’s advanced features.I am taking the Veeam Recovery Orchestrator (VRO) Essentials Class thru Veeam University. One of the other members of the team installed it, and I am checking our installation and configuration as I go thru the course. We have a small VMware cluster with only 10-12 VMs. At a remote,Block Blast but nearby second office we have VBR installed on another server and the two are connected by fiber.
We only have the SQL express installed on the VBR server, the instance that comes with the installation.
The course indicates that you should install the full version of SQL. I am not exactly sure why, and assume it is related to the size of the database. Given our small system, do we need to have the full version of SQL or can we continue to use the express version, Are there any other limitations other than the size of the database?
Statistics: Posted by tomsinner — Jun 14, 2025 3:25 am
