Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] Valuable Features

David Villota - PeerSpot reviewer
EMEA Hosting Engineer at Yanfeng Automotive

The solution is issue-free. We are happy with it. 

The solution has been stable and reliable. 

It is scalable. 

My understanding the setup is pretty straightforward and that the onboarding wizard is pretty easy to follow. 

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PB
Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very easy to work with.

You want to ensure that the capability to perform restores is available, and we were able to restore with the Linux agent without any issues. 

We used the agent to perform backups that were written directly to tape, bypassing the disk, and we were able to retrieve the data directly from the tape or perform local restores. 

The flexibility and user-friendliness of Veeam make it very IT operations-friendly.

With Veeam, end-users can even perform their own recoveries, but we did not have that feature enabled, as all backups and restores were handled by the IT operations team.

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JO
IT Data Center Infrastructure Technical Team Lead at Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group

The ASM backup features are the most valuable. Some other backup solutions take ASM, and when you restore it, sometimes there are some missing files.

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Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]
March 2024
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JC
Director tecnico at Blemia

What I found most valuable in Veeam Agent for Linux is that it can unify machines and even simplify management.

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JS
IT Solution Architect at Altopro

The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration with Veeam Backup & Replication console. It enables us to manage Veeam Agent. It is quite easy to use if we use the solution directly on the Linux system.

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Muhammad Ibtehaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Solutions Architect at Relacom

Overall, it has all the general features we need. The features themselves aren't necessarily unique. 

The initial setup is very easy.

It's stable and reliable. 

It can scale.

The solution is pretty much the same as what you would use for Windows. 

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Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

Veeam Agent for Linux's most valuable feature is the compatibility with virtual machines, such as VMware.

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MA
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The really amazing feature about Veeam Agent is that when you're using the central deployment model, you can actually use the instant VM recovery feature, which is really a pain point that I find some days. Here in Saudi Arabia, the market mentality is a bit different. Many customers are still running physical environments. They do not have virtual environments and they're not really keen towards going towards the virtual environment.

They always want to back up their systems every day. In the event of a disaster, they want to be able to restore in less than an hour, which is impossible on a physical environment, due to a lot of constraints, such as networking and other issues. However, Windows gives a feature that if you have a Hyper-V environment, for example, added to the Veeam backup infrastructure, you can choose to restore a backup of a physical server instantly into Hyper-V. The way that works is that they mount the backup to the Hyper-V as storage and just boot it up directly from the backup. That is an amazing feature, and it actually was useful for one customer, whose IT manager was pretty old. He didn't want to migrate his infrastructure to VMware or any virtualized platforms. He was looking for a way to backup these physical servers and at the event, he has a disaster, he'll be able to restore in time.

So that feature doesn't just help with restoring that server in no time inside a Hyper-V server or cluster. It also helps migration for customers who are trying to migrate from physical to virtual or from physical to cloud. The good part is that you can actually restore any backup to Microsoft Azure as well, or to Amazon AWS, almost instantaneously. As long as your bandwidth is sufficient enough, you can restore your workloads to the cloud or to a virtual environment.

That is not to mention the flexibility provided, as it gives you the ability to perform the three to one rule, which is the really necessary part of any backup solution. Being able to have a solution that will help you achieve the three to one rule. The rule basically means having three different backup copies of your data, inside two different mediums. For example, one disc-based storage and one tape or cloud, keeping one copy offsite. I prefer offline because offline backups are the latest backups in terms of a cyber attack, ransomware, or advanced malware attack.

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AA
IT Manager at Jawwal Pay

Generally, Veeam is very robust. It's completely compatible with Linux. The most valuable feature in Veeam is its compatibility with VMware. The solution provides a lot of features, including backing up of images. You can restore VM itself. You can also restore a single file. There's a feature called instant recovery. You can run VMware in the background without restoring it. It's a very valuable backup solution.

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RC
Senior Engineer at MRB Secure

The only thing I really like about it is that you can deploy it from Backup and Replication onto a virtual Linux machine. Once you start working with the physical Linux machine, it's not compatible, and it doesn't work. Don't even try it.

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WC
Service Director at scsi co.,ltd

The server deployment is easy. It's quite simple to install.

The product is easy to use when you compare it to other products. The solution has proven itself to be very user-friendly.

Veeam Agent for Windows is also very good.

The solution is very stable.

Technical support is pretty good. They are quite helpful when we have queries.

The initial setup and deployment are easy. It's straightforward.

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FM
System Administrator at Bakhresa Group of companies

Disk, File or entire server restore is the best as you can choose from these restore options depending on your recovery requirement

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AS
Chief Technology Officer at Triana Business Solutions Lda

The solution is very user-friendly and has an easy to use interface. We can manage it easily. It allows for a simple backup. 

The speed that you get backing up huge amounts of data from virtual machines is impressive. 

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TC
Information Systems Infrastructure Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I like the incremental backups and their failover.

It's very secure, it protects against ransomware.

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BT
CTO at Pronet Security

The most valuable feature is the instant restore option.

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PL
ABP Food Group Infrastructure team lead at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

The ease of use for the graphical interface and the ease of installation are the most valuable features of this solution. 

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MH
System Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

It's simple to use.

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SA
Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The most valuable feature is that I can restore single files.

The user interface is good.

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it_user801057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

What I find most valuable about this solution, is that the user experience is very simple. The support is great. There is a feature for this type of category and for replication and there is also good monitoring and analytics. I also like intelligent testing and intelligence recovery. The solution offers good data management.

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BJ
Backup Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The most valuable feature is the ability to pick up individual files.

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ME
BSS Platform Team Leader at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I like the backup features of this solution and the integration is very useful. 

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KS
Lead Senior Project Manager with 51-200 employees

The solution is very simple. Management of the platform is so simple that we don't need to have any training to deploy this solution.

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Buyer's Guide
Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.