We performed a comparison between Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas System Recovery based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"The dashboard was good. I loved to see the maintenance dashboard every time I logged on. That was my first screen because it always gave me a reminder of how many days before my next renewal."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"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 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 solution captures the system state, so when we restore the system, it will be restored to the state it was in at the time of the backup."
"With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
"The installation was straightforward."
"Offers good recovery quickly."
"The solution has helped reduce my company's cost by around 50 to 60 percent."
"You can back up the whole image."
"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."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"We faced issues with recovery and restoration."
"Lacks the ability to protect the database snapshot."
"It needs an easier interface."
"The reliability is sometimes lacking."
"Veritas System Recovery Manager offers some manager solutions, but there is room for improvement."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Veritas System Recovery’s pricing and local support need some improvement."
"The pricing could be cheaper."
Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 68 reviews while Veritas System Recovery is ranked 21st in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 7 reviews. Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8, while Veritas System Recovery is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas System Recovery writes "The solution can be used for DR testing and allows running an infinite number of full backups". Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas System Recovery is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines.
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