We performed a comparison between Microsoft DPM 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 initial setup is quite straightforward."
"Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good."
"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"We are happy with Veritas Backup Exec's stability."
"It is responding very well, and its performance is good. It has a lot of options. For backup, you can connect it to a cloud or a physical hard drive. They also provide an API for integration with different platforms and products. However, we have not integrated it with another product."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"It needs portability for other vendors. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers, but it doesn't support third-party solutions such as Oracle Database. It depends on Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy, especially for Hyper-V, which has a lot of problems. They should enhance the Volume Shadow Copy functionality. Its reporting should also be better. Reporting is too weak in DPM."
"The user interface can be improved quite a bit."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"They could include backup functionality for enterprise environments."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
Microsoft DPM is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud and Veeam Data Platform, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Azure Backup. See our Microsoft DPM vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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