We performed a comparison between NetApp SnapCenter and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The way that it interconnects with VMware is really handy, because you can go right into your vSphere client, where you spend a lot of the day anyway, right-click on one of the VMs where you have backups running for however long, and you can restore either some files or restore the entire thing."
"It's integrated with VMware vCenter. You can also see the backups there and you can do a restore completely out of vCenter."
"Restoring and cloning are easy to do."
"Being able to add everything in as resource groups is a valuable feature... Having all the SQL servers put into specific buckets, based on their year of release - 2008, 2012, 2014 - allows us to get almost immediate backups that are easily seen and reported on."
"The backup features are the most valuable because they allow the DBAs to replace SnapManager for Oracle (SMO), which is going away, and to do cloning as well. We can also clone to different servers and have the actual backup clone mounted on different servers. And we can split easily too."
"It has greatly improved our DR activity."
"The reporting feature has been particularly beneficial to upper management... When you do manual backups, you do not get the benefit of seeing successes and failures and how often you have to do restores. With SnapCenter, you get all of that."
"The central pane view is the most valuable feature. You have one console where you can monitor all your jobs, as opposed to going to different vCenters."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Reporting of the jobs could be better."
"The DBAs are comparing it to SMO but it doesn't have a lot of the functionalities that SMO has."
"What I did witness lately are issues with some Microsoft KBs, the updates. But it happened only once, and not on a major platform, it was on a small one."
"The Microsoft environment is its biggest disadvantage due to the central management of all the actions. Because the SnapCenter server is where we deploy everything, it also affects the Microsoft environment, which can cause many difficulties when resolving issues like Windows update problems."
"The replication feature needs improvement in future releases."
"The GUI is still so-so. I' don't use the GUI that often anymore because it's really slow, refreshing disks, refreshing hosts, and you have to click a lot."
"It needs to support vSphere 6.7."
"Some of the minor functionalities from SnapManager did not transfer over to SnapCenter. These should be added in future releases."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
NetApp SnapCenter is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 24 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. NetApp SnapCenter is rated 8.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of NetApp SnapCenter writes "A stable solution that is mostly used by banks and financial institutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". NetApp SnapCenter is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, NetApp Cloud Backup and Delphix, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our NetApp SnapCenter vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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