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MP
Individual Contributor at Unemployed customer

I was experimenting with various monitoring tools. Working with SDM, Structure Data Manager, and Data Protector with automation and integrations.

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Jeroen Vranckaerts - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer - Server & Storage, DBA at Audi Brussels

I use OpenText Data Protector along with OpenText VIM. OpenText VIM has evolved a lot, while OpenText Data Protector hasn't changed much. OpenText VIM has now added features that were missing in the tool earlier. My company does the consolidation part on OpenText VIM while trying to get rid of OpenText Data Protector.

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NN
Assistant Manager - Data Center at Bank of Zambia

The decision to switch was made by the management team, and I don't have all the details on what criteria they considered. However, I believe they wanted a solution that could support Linux workloads in addition to our primary usage of Veritas for Windows backups. The switch was motivated by the need to cater to both Linux and Windows workloads.

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OpenText Data Protector
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Takashi Asano - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Engineer at Palo Alto Networks

I didn't use a different solution before using Micro Focus Data Protector. It is a first for me.

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JA
Senior Systems Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have used this product for the last 13 years. I do periodically review other solutions. Many have great features, but are too limited in scope for a shop that does not have a dedicated backup administrator.

Having to administer a different solution for each backup type would take too many resources for that kind of company.

Solutions like VEEAM are hard to justify.

Veritas NetBackup, while sporting much of the same feature set as Data Protector, does not have any compelling feature for my company to switch to it.

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it_user567993 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT & BUSINESS SYSTEMS MANAGER at Meggitt

We viewed several things. We initially started off with Backup Exec, and then we had a homegrown thing which didn't work. This tool and Backup Exec will only run when you tell them to. We were frustrated with that because the engineers, being engineers, don't care. They just want their data and they want it now.

You can't do that in a backup environment. You have to plan, schedule, tell it what and when to monitor. We went forward with that. The only thing that even came close to doing what we wanted was Data Protector. So that is what we purchased.

We proved the tool as follows. We took quite a few of the senior management and told them we are going to stage a real-life crisis, without the rest of the staff knowing. We just turned the storage off. Everybody screamed and we asked, "Who needs what? What do you need? When do you need it?” We starting using the Data Protector service and we retrieved what they wanted. It took us two hours, but that two hours proved the point that Data Protector was the tool for us.

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SJ
Enterprise Engineer at Computech Limited

Commvault is an enterprise backup solution that does both virtualization, on-premise, and cloud and also does outside replication.

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Andrea Trespidi - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage & Backup Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

In the past, I used EMC Networker and Veritas Netbackup and I switched to HPE Data Protector for business needs.

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JW
Virtualization Systems Administrator at a university with 10,001+ employees

We used Tivoli and it did not work well in our environment. Data Protector was cheaper and would do what we needed to do.

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NH
Director at Random Group Ltd

We also use Acronis Backup, but it's hard for me to compare because I don't have as much experience with Acronis relative to Data Protector. It's also one of those difficult situations because we haven't really pushed Data Protector to its limits. It has a lot of functionality that we don't use. We tend to use more of Acronis' functionality, so it would be unfair to compare them.

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Adil Mughanlinskiy - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Backup Administrator at DreamArt Creative Agency

I have some experience with NetBackup. It was more stable, user-friendly, and had the best support. However, the decision makers decided that Micro Focus Data Protector was the better way to go, and we had to switch.

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RagidKader - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Solutions Architect at New York University

So I went from the Omni Backup to HP Data Protector to Micro Focus Data Protector. I have seen all three transition products. They have stopped developing. I don't know why that happened.

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it_user330159 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

In autumn 2012, we had two important backup issues in our enterprise data centres. The organisation was about to deploy MS Exchange as our corporate email system, (replacing Novell GroupWise) and our portfolio of VMware guests was increasing. We needed MS Exchange integration and NDMP backup capabilities to meet our data centre backup needs. At that time our IS organisation had a split between remote sites, (divisions) and the enterprise server data centres. We used Symantec NetBackup in our Data Centres and Symantec Backup Exec in divisions to meet our backup requirements.

The cost to license Symantec NetBackup for MS Exchange and NDMP was too large. So, we looked for alternatives. I had used HP Data Protector in a previous organisations and I knew it was a cost effective drop in replacement for NetBackup. So we looked at HP Data Protector and EMC offerings and eventually chose HP Data Protector and cost and functionality. This is just for the enterprise/data centre environment. Data Protector did all we wanted for our data centre backups.

As stated earlier, our technical IS had two teams/areas, data centre and divisions, (remote sites/hospital). The divisional team supported site based infrastructure and local services, (file & print etc.). The divisional servers were backed up using Symantec Backup Exec, and following an upgrade to Backup Exec 2012 we had several critical issues with backup at our divisions and the team evaluated HP Data Protector as replacement for Symantec Backup Exec and selected HP Data Protector.

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XT
Backup Administrator Individual Contributor at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Previously, we used Veritas Backup Exec. So, compared to Veritas Backup Execs, it's a little bit cheaper.

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AD
Datacenter Engineer at Al Ittefaq Steel Products Company

We have had backup solutions before, with another vendor, before we started with this solution in 2007

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it_user435672 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Since I have been working in my company, we have been using this software.

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it_user503607 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Manager at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

We previously used Backup Express and Alexandria. They were both file products. One lacked the breadth and depth of source compatibility, and the other had almost insurmountable configuration implementation issues.

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it_user568137 - PeerSpot reviewer
Distribution Engineering Specialist at Saudi Electricity Company

We were using NetBackup. Although it has more features, we switched to this tool because it has single integration and single support.

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it_user354912 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services

We were using EMC previously, and switched because this is easier to manage and it's cheaper.

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it_user418371 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator Staff / E4J with 1,001-5,000 employees

We went with HP for their solution from the beginning. Since most of our hardware is HP, we decided to use them for this solution as well.

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it_user330153 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical System Analyst at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

For the projects I support, I used Data Protector. Other projects used BackupExec. However; Backup Exec is very limited of what it can support in filesystem types and even operating system support matrix.

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OZ
Infrastructure Section Head at Citystars Properties

Before this solution, we were using a Linux platform and we were using an open-source program, I don't remember the name. We switched from Linux to Microsoft. 

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it_user334902 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Basis & Systems Administrator at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

This was the first backup and recovery solution.

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it_user567783 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Consultant at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

At various companies that I've worked for, I've used different backup solutions. I've used Veritas NetBackup and Backup Exec. That was a proprietary backup. They're the two main ones that I've used recently.

The most important criteria to me when selecting a certain vendor is not so much the vendor as the product itself.

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it_user382596 - PeerSpot reviewer
Professional: Storage Administration at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We switched because of company policy, the tapes aged, etc.

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Andrea Trespidi - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage & Backup Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

We currently also use NetBackup and Veritas which are both more open to other systems. There is also the Veritas fast solution for appliances together with the pro. With Micro Focus, you need to contact the vendor for equipment for the storage device, and for the new servers and the physical middle servers. NetBackup and Veritas only have one vendor and we get everything from them. It makes it easier to prepare bonds and to design a solution for customers. Veritas also has integration for cloud-native backup, and we have integration for the backup storage before the middle server. There is also good integration with VMware and Data Protector. Micro Focus is not like that. We need three different vendors to provide the same solution.

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AS
Head, IT Network, Security & Data Center at ARABSAT

Data Protector was our original solution. It shipped with our HP Printer.

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it_user381594 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Most of the backups were executed by scripts. We switched because it was hard to oversee all the different backups on each machine which also made reporting difficult to handle.

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it_user567924 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have always used Data Protector in our organization.

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it_user567897 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Rolls Royce

Five years ago, we had another solution, but I forgot the name. It didn’t perform well. That’s why we switched to Data Protector.

What is good for us when we use a vendor like HPE, they can help us find different solutions in different ways. For example, we have the storage system from HPE, and the server systems, and the backups solutions. So it's a combination of everything together; and we have the central person in contact with HPE if we have any problems or need to escalate something.

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it_user405447 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Consultant at NIIT Technologies Limited

I haven't used any other products on such a large scale.

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it_user384222 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant with 51-200 employees

I’m a consultant and have used many different backup solutions. Since we are an HP reseller, we tend to favor Data Protector. However, I must say, other solutions in the industry do a much better job in certain areas.

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it_user381021 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Technology Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

We have used this solution for 10 years now, but our staff has used other solutions in previous roles elsewhere.

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it_user568185 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Specialist at Atea Sverige AB

We needed to move towards a new system because of the complexity in the environment. We were looking for ease of use.

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it_user567825 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Specialist at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We were already using it when I came to the company. I was more involved in the decision to upgrade.

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it_user384924 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Adminstrator at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used Tivoli Storage Manager, which was similar in complexity to Data Protector but less reliable. Tivoli required daily care and attention to keep it running. Data Protector, while imperfect, is significantly more reliable than Tivoli was for us.

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it_user342660 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used CA Arcserve.

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PR
Operations Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1-10 employees

I have used StorONE solution before. 

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it_user611967 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I used IBM Spectrum Protect for over five years. The company switched because the licensing costs were large.

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Yilak Yigezu - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at united system integrators

I have used Veritas and Veeam Backup & Replication.

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it_user380181 - PeerSpot reviewer
Backup & Recovery specialist at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

No, but we are actively looking for a solution that will put us in the next century. Personally, I believe that v9 combined with dedupe and 3PAR would be a good solution, but it still can't compete with the appliance from Unitrends with backup, storage and deduplication all-in-one.

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ZC
Project Engineer at Tunelec

I didn't previously use a different solution.

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it_user567837 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have not used any other solution and started off with Data Protector. Our company started using Data Protector from day one, as it was a free solution.

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it_user381045 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Adminstrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We have a lot of customers who migrated to Data Protector. The main motive was cost X benefit of the solution. Data Protector is a simple software with a very huge potential to attend to mid-high businesses.

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it_user10158 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technical coordinator at a engineering company with 201-500 employees

In the past we used the different manual operating system approach. We also used Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery to backup Windows images and files. Our schema is a specific tool for OS system images (Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery for Windows OS, to do net recovery for HP Unix OS) and Data Protector for the data.

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it_user437310 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

I haven't migrated a customer with different solution to Data Protector, but I have seen a customer move from Data Protector to Avamar, Veeam, and Commvault, who had better product offerings.

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it_user381510 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT SysAdmin at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used a previous solution and we switched to HP Data Protector based on our partner's recommendation.

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it_user339234 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees

We used Arcserve 2000, and switched because Data Protector is more reliable and the licensing options are better.

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it_user339216 - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrador dedicado at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

No previous solution was used.

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it_user321693 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Coordinator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

No previous solution was used.

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it_user453399 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees

We have always been using Data Protector.

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it_user402048 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems support and operations manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We just used NTBackup.

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it_user324942 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network admin/security at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have used others – nothing is perfect.

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it_user321039 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Supervisor at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

I've only used Data Protector.

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it_user487941 - PeerSpot reviewer
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it_user320259 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO Infrastructure, Tehcnical Support, & Operations at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We switched because we needed to backup DB2 and HP-UX.

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it_user335142 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Tekniker at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We had the previous version, and since our service was growing, we needed an extra. So we got this one.

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it_user334893 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

No previous solution was used.

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it_user620592 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I was using a different solution previously and switched because I went to a new company and a new environment.

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it_user320148 - PeerSpot reviewer
Backup Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We did, and we switched because of the usability and scalability.

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it_user334896 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Administrator at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I used Backup Exec in a previous position. I only switched solutions because I changed changed jobs, and my current company uses Data Protector.

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Buyer's Guide
OpenText Data Protector
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about OpenText Data Protector. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.