License DPA (vSphere Data Protection Advanced) for partial server farm

[cyphil]

DPA is licensed per CPU. Can I just license certain host(s) in a server farm?

For exmaple, I have e.g. 3 vSphere Standard hosts with 2 CPUs each. I put all the critical VMs in 1 host and backup only this host with DPA, can I just purchase DPA (per CPU) x 2 instead of licensing all the 6 CPUs?

Thanks.

[vmatt89]

From the FAQ:

What is the minimum licensing requirement?

Customers deploying vSphere Data Protection Advanced must license all the CPUs in a vSphere host and all hosts included in the vSphere cluster. vSphere Data Protection Advanced customers cannot backup virtual machines running on unlicensed vSphere hosts.