We performed a comparison between Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"The documentation is okay. You are able to follow it and it is helpful."
"The solution uses minimal resources."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is information backup."
"The product enables me to recover the information of the appliances in the organization."
"NetBackup is based on really good architectural hardware, and Veritas has the best backup and replication technology in the world."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"The tool's most valuable feature is recovery."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"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."
"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."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"The one thing which could be improved, which we have informed Veritas about, is the ability to plug in to the cloud. Meaning, instead of using local storage if we're backing up a small user or end user, we want to be able to make it so they can direct the backups directly to the cloud. It can't be done at the moment. We can only back up to the storage then replicate to the cloud, but we cannot use the cloud as a source of storage."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"They could improve the interface a bit."
"The technical support services could be better."
"The upgrade process of the solution needs to be improved since it is extremely complicated, especially without the benefit of a support person who can guide one through it."
"This solution has to have better integration with the cloud, as well as with other solutions such as Business Intelligence products."
"I would like the ability to recover a single folder within the backup of a virtual machine."
"They could simplify the process of installing, and provide more space for data during the process."
"Sometimes, the user interface doesn't work smoothly."
"It would be a better solution if we were able to make more reports in regards to the backup system."
Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and HPE StoreOnce. See our Veritas Backup Exec vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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