We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector 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."Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."
"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."
"The tool's most valuable aspect is its ease of management. It was not complex. In terms of features, I can mention a couple of things. For example, if you need to restore a VM, you can do it with multiple streams in OpenText Data Protector, which is an advantage over Commvault, from what I've noticed, having worked with multiple tools. Another thing is the Oracle backups; configuring Oracle backups is much easier in OpenText Data Protector."
"Data Protector's GUI is the most useful feature."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It's supports Unix, Linux, all of the OS's. It's very stable software."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"It is a scalable product."
"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 flexibility is very good."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"It has good stability. Its interface is very good, responsive, and easy for restoring data. I use it for backup, encryption, and restore operations, and it works. I am using many agents from VM to LMDP. I also use an agent for SQL Server, which has advanced options because it is the Enterprise version."
"In SAP restoration, we faced issues with changing the SIDs and changing the path for every backup object. It is quite a lengthy process to do that."
"We have so many specific technological cracks in Micro Focus, but we are not getting the features, facilities, or coordination between the global delivery centers and the R&D team that we need to express our ideas."
"Microfocus needs to build a partnership with other vendors in addition to HPE as far as cloud consolidation of backups."
"The technical support was very slow."
"The technical support is poor and should be improved."
"Virtualization."
"It's very expensive compared to Veeam and other similar solutions."
"The Micro Focus Data Protector support is not as good as Veeam Backup & Replication's support."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"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."
OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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Symantec Backup Exec and NetBackup
Dave Simpson, an analyst with 451 Group said you must include the big boys in any list of top backup applications.
"By sheer virtue of their installed bases, you'd have to start with Symantec, IBM, EMC, CA Technologies, HP and CommVault," he said. "Symantec is No. 1 in terms of market share."
Symantec offers two well known backup products. Backup Exec can be used for Windows, Linux, Mac and various virtualization platforms and has integrated deduplication and archiving technology.
"Symantec BackupExec works well for homogenous Windows server-centric environment," said Michael Lapetino, a CDW solution architect. "It is generally aimed at small to medium enterprises where tape and disk-based backup strategies are fairly commonplace. Customers appreciate the robust feature set of BackupExec and the relatively affordable acquisition cost to manage and deploy it in traditional computing environments."
NetBackup is another well-used backup product that falls under the Symantec umbrella. The latest version of NetBackup includes Symantec V-Ray for visibility into virtual file systems and applications.
HP Data Protector
HP is another OEM that has jumped on the dedupe bandwagon. HP Data Protector provides disk and tape data protection, snapshots, dedupe and a lot more in one integrated package.
Honestly, I still prefer Acronis, Quest vRanger, Dell Appasure and Symantec Backup Exec
I've been using HP Dataprotector for a long time. It´s an old version (5.0) but is simple and easy to use. I've installed, configured and tested a new version (7) in one day.
It is definitely a good product for backup & recovery.
I have not tried HP Data Protector personally. However, Symantec Backup Exec seems to be a good product. It also seems that Acronis or Commvault are upcoming trends in replacing these traditional products.