AssignInstanceLicense

What AssignInstanceLicense does on Veeam VBR v13 MCP Server

AI agents use AssignInstanceLicense to create or update resources in Veeam VBR v13 MCP Server, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Veeam VBR v13 MCP Server environment.

Why AssignInstanceLicense is rated Medium

This tool creates or modifies license assignments, which is a reversible data modification operation. While not directly destructive, assigning licenses affects billing, capacity entitlements, and feature access. The severity is high because misconfiguration or unauthorized license assignment could impact compliance, billing accuracy, and operational capacity of backup infrastructure.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'AssignInstanceLicense' indicates modification of license assignments. Description states 'Assign an instance license to a workload' — a clear create/modify operation that changes the licensing state of infrastructure resources.

The rule that runs AssignInstanceLicense safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Veeam VBR v13 MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For AssignInstanceLicense, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "AssignInstanceLicense": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "assigninstancelicense_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Questions about AssignInstanceLicense