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."Enterprise-wide type of architecture supports a lot of different platforms."
"It is an IBM product. With SAP, you are using IBM software to protect it. DB2 and AIX servers are both IBM. Therefore, it is a total IBM solution, which helps."
"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."
"Data archiving is easier and less time-consuming."
"Our customers have come to trust IBM."
"For initial setup, we started with the blueprints, which were great. The blueprints allowed us to be able to decide if we needed to use small, medium,k or large. Because we are a large environment, we used a large blueprint. Once we followed everything in the blueprint, it was a smooth transition from there."
"Forever incremental - allows TSM to optimize storage needs."
"The MN backup for a cluster is most valuable because it has made backing up the GSF as a zero-file system easier. I like its stability a lot. Over the years, I very rarely had a problem with it."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft."
"IBM's support hasn't been so good in the last few years."
"This solution is not mature in terms of disaster recovery and could be improved."
"I want a better user interface, support, and integrations."
"I find the Level 1 and Level 2 support spend 80% of the time communicating the same information that I have already provided."
"It needs some software upgrades to fix some of its current bugs."
"Sometimes we experience trouble with the backup transfer of the control files."
"In a future release, it would be a benefit to have the ability to add an application as a storage target, as a storage pool. Additionally, they should add more functionality to the administration for the Operation Center."
"Their support is lacking. I've talked to their developers and stuff in the last couple of weeks and they reassure me that some people have retired, and they're working on getting that bumped back up. But the support lacks a lot to be desired at this point."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"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)."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"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."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 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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