We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect 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 licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that IBM Spectrum Protect is highly integrated with IBM ESS. In addition, it allows us to back up our virtual servers directly to take VM snapshots. It runs on Linux as well."
"It scales well for the amount of clients that we use with it."
"We can use it with any storage for the back-end to save data."
"The solution is very stable. It is one of the most important features that we look for in a product before putting it into the market and when establishing a strategy with our customers."
"It has to ability to backup DV2, Oracle, and Informix."
"Once setup, you do not need to touch it again. You just need to do a formal check on possibly batch updates."
"Since the technology is reliable, it simplifies the backup process significantly. Now, our focus can primarily be on managing full backups and creating some offline copies."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"It needs better connectivity with other non-IBM application hardware and non-IBM platforms."
"Integration with Windows environments needs improvement. It should be more "assisted", both at the application and database level. It remains a product that fits better in Unix/Linux environments than in Windows environments, given its configuration procedures."
"Getting technical support all the necessary diagnostic information is still very painful."
"The most important feature which I wish to be added involves the GUI, the user interface."
"I find the Level 1 and Level 2 support spend 80% of the time communicating the same information that I have already provided."
"The administration tools for GI need improvement, as the current assessment suggests shortcomings in the back-end system."
"The deduplication must be perfect, and thus should be improved."
"The licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"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."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 68 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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