We have previously used a Dell. However, Dell was difficult to restore backups and Veeam Backup Replication was a better fit for our needs.

We would like to have the Veeam Backup Replication from the VMware or Hyper-V direct to the tape library.

We've got customers all over the spectrum. Some customers do switch to Veeam because of its ease of use and its price point.

We sell and support Commvault, Veeam, and Rubrik. If I had my preference, Veeam might not be the first choice, but a lot of people do pick Veeam depending upon their requirements and their price point because it is more affordable than some of the other products.

Our customer did not want to go with any type of legacy backup infrastructure, so they phoned my team in order to collaborate on an appropriate solution that ensures their backup infrastructure will be safe in terms of disaster recovery. That's when we decided to go with Veeam Backup and Replication instead of an older legacy type of backup solution.

We initially employed Active View, and transitioning to Veeam proved to be a beneficial decision. However, due to the company's shift to another provider, we were unable to continue using the product. The integration with Google Cloud was limiting, and as we required an on-premises solution, we had to explore alternatives.

We used to have Symantec Netbackup, and we replaced it with Veeam. Symantec Netbackup was clunky in terms of the upgrades. The other issue was that you couldn't throttle the replication bandwidth. 

It had the capability of doing a DR replication, but if you fall a couple of versions behind, there was no gradual update. If you fell behind by four versions or something like that, it was a nightmare trying to get it upgraded to the latest version. We had to have a consultant come in who worked with Dell but was intimate with Symantec products. He had to spend a week or two weeks with us to go through that upgrade process. It was more designed for backup to tape, and that was the main function for which we were using it. When we decided to go away from backup to tape and we wanted to do site-to-site replication, we didn't think that it had that inline capability. It was also costly.

We've used Symantec, Veritas, and Arcserve years ago, and those interfaces were awful. Veeam is hands down the best interface that I've dealt with for a backup solution.

Previously, I was using IBM Spectrum.

Three months ago, I made the decision to change to Veeam Backup & Replication because IBM solutions are expensive.

IBM is very good software, but the problem is the cost. I would rate IBM a ten out of ten.

I was also using Acronis, but I wasn't sure of it. I did not have the experience with it.

I was previously using HP Data Protector.

There are many differences between HP Data Protector and Veeam Backup & Replication. HPE stopped supporting their products more than five years ago. They sold it to another company ( Micro Focus ), . Since then, there is no investment in the product, and no new development.

We have also worked with Acronis, Commvault, and Veritas.

We use EVault software and Carbonite backups, it just depends on the customer. If you can tolerate 12 to 24 hours of being out of service, then we have other backup services that are right in the ballpark in pricing, but just older technologies. Nowadays everything is like McDonald's and I want it now. I want my hamburger now and I want my data now. It is getting to where customers want that faster RTO and RPO so that they can have their company back up and making money as quickly as possible.

Yes. I used to use products such as Symantec Backup Exec and Falconstor but switched to Veeam as it's designed for virtual environments, it's easy to use and lowers the management overhead, it scales easily and provides a stable backup environment. Right now I'm considering using Veeam to replace NetApp SnapProtect within our environment.

We have used IBM TSM and Symantec NetBackup before. In comparison, the solution is simple to use, integrates well with third-party solutions, and has dedicated technical experts.

Previously, I used Data Protector, EMC network test and Commvault.Veeam is the master for handling the VMware environment. If you need a backup solution to backup your virtual environment, Veeam is the one.

Veeam Backup Replication is built for a virtual environment. I have used other solutions, such as Data Domain and which is used for the backup of the networks or other areas. I have found it a more difficult application to use. It can be even more difficult if you need to write a script for anything you would like to do. Veeam Backup Replication there are not any difficulties. 

I prefer Veeam Backup Replication.

Prior to going with the solution, I used NetBackup.

We were using Microsoft Data Protection Manager and NetBackup. We decided to go with Veeam after testing it out, as it seemed to work better than the other products we were using.

We previously used HP's Data Protector. We switched solutions when we switched service providers.

I worked with NetBackup at my previous company, but that was more than eight years ago.

I would say the majority of the customers are using Veeam or Barracuda. In some cases, customers use Unitrends. However, a lot of them, my customers, are using Veeam.

Barracuda's pricing is through the roof. They have not stayed competitive. Customers really frown upon their pricing immediately. 

Unitrends does not have the mind share of many customers. Many have not heard of Unitrends. In the public sector, traditionally school systems and so forth, use the Barracuda. A lot of that is in the public sector. Unitrends is a little bit harder to sell as it's a new product. Also, from a partner perspective, they are much harder to navigate as far as getting pricing and the account manager wants to talk to you. It seems like they get caught up in the procedures of selling it. Whereas, Veeam streamlines that whole process for us and really makes it easy to sell.

We use Zerto for the main part, and Veeam for a little part. We use them for different things. I prefer Zerto because I get a better RTU and RPO. It may be not as easy to set up, but once it is working, the RPO is in a region of 10 seconds. As compared to Veeam, its replication is currently two or three times.

We were using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for 15 years before making use of the solution, although I don't know what the product is called at present, as it replaced a branded IBM Protect product. 

We were using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager at a time when the majority of our data servers were running on physical machines. From IBM's perspective, the licensing has become more involved since virtualization became increasingly prevalent. While it was not in my purview, the prohibitive nature of the product led us to migrate to Veeam software and to procure a different license. 

While IBM Tivoli Storage Manager was considered to be the leading solution of its time, it was also very complicated. 

We were using another solution before this one. The reason we moved over to this solution was that we were only 30% virtualized, so we had to use a product that had backup physical servers.

I'm also using CloudConnect, as well.

Veeam Backup and Replication is in its own world - Nothing out there that is even close to this product that I could recommend.

We still use Symantec Backup Exec but only due to having physical Exchange 2010 servers. Once we virtualize this will be decommissioned. Having Veeam Endpoint Backup may be the alternate solution to fast-track this.

We previously used Veritas NetBackup but it was having some issues and it is almost at its end of life. We moved to Veeam Backup Replication.

We used to use Commvault as our backup solution. We switched because we wanted to avoid having an offsite team and hardware. 

We used Unitrends before this, and it was constant babysitting. It worked great for that time period, but once we migrated to VMware, we decided to try one of the industry standards. It has really paid off for us. Unitrends was quite a bit more expensive.

I used to use IBM Tivoli, and I find that the backup and restore operations are much faster with Veeam. The price of Veeam is much lower than the IBM solution. In Veeam we can use different kinds of storage, whereas, with IBM, we could only use a tape backup.

We are still using a different product for backup. Veeam is being used for replication only.

I had originally used a different solution for backup and replication. I thought it was clunky and issue ridden but it worked for the situation I had. I was even looking at improved versions of the product when I came across Veeam at a vendor showcase. I was blown away by the manageability and scalability of veeam and after a little more research ordered it. I have not looked back since. Veeam has done everything it promised and with every release there have been great new tools and advances in the product.

I have also tried Veritas Backup Exec, which is more difficult to use. 

Veeam is totally different from Veritas when it comes to virtualization and virtual machines. For Veritas, we are just using the standalone, physical servers.

Veritas is good for a small environment. We are taking more backups in Veeam only, and we're only taking some backups in Veritas, which is like a physical server.

We currently use Dell EMC Avamar and we also have experience with IBM Spectrum Protect.

These are all specialty tools and are good, although, for the needs of our organization, we prefer Avamar.

We had been previously using HP Data Protector. We switched to virtualization. We switched to Veeam because the person who promoted it explained its benefits well. 

We didn’t have any previous tools for this.

We used to use NetWorker for 10 or 12 years.

We made the switch because of the virtualization and cloud access as well as disc storage on the version of NetWorker that we were running. NetWorker requires a physical appliance and the upgrades to NetWorker were cumbersome. The next generation of NetWorker, if we had stayed, would have required a rebuild of our hardware, which we've done once and was a pain in the backside. At that point, I don't think we could have run NetWorker because it wants to go to talk directly to devices and manage devices at a hardware level. So you can't virtualize the connections. So our NetWorker product had to reside on a physical machine.

I don't know if that has changed since we haven't used NetWorker for probably three - four years. We haven't done any upgrades in four years. So the move to Veeam or Commvault, which was the two that we were looking at, was primarily because we had local vendor support for both products. The move to Veeam was well priced, Commvault was out to lunch as far as dollars and cents. We are a fairly small shop and the pricing was just outrageous for Commvault 300 virtual machines. 

Veeam natively lives in a virtual environment. NetWorker couldn't. We also used to use a Norton product. I have forgotten the name of it - it starts with an S.

Those were retired when we started using Veeam. It has been four years since any of those were active, but those were for our remote sites. They only backed up the tape. We didn't explore Backup Exec in a virtual situation. Just didn't even look at it. I don't know if that was a mistake. I don't think so. Like I said Veeam, works really well. I am very pleased.

We used PHD Virtual and what is now Unitrends UVB. Backup infrastructure was becoming a significant cost and scaling this solution meant more sprawl. Backup windows were increasing outside our comfort levels. At the time, we as acquired a company with additional datacenter services. Consolidating to one solution with a single interface was key. This, in turn, ensured that we had complete visibility of our backup environments across multiple datacenters.

Veeam helped us solve all of these areas of concern.

We had other backup solutions, but Veeam has proved to be better than VMware.

I've also used Comet, which I would describe as better almost across the board, except for the virtualization.

We switched for multiple reasons. More options and configurations are available with Veeam. It can be a very flexible product.

Unreliable /success-failure rates.

Previously my customers were using tapes and Backup Exec. Tapes are just a disaster waiting to happen, and backup exec did not provide an image based backup solution.

We used HP Storageworks. We were no longer getting consistent good backups. Every day we had to baby the backup to make it work. As part of the Veeam backup we also we able to get away from the tape backup system.

The last solution we used was Commvault and we were not satisfied with the results with the backup time, but that was more than 10 years ago.

We previously used Veritas. 

We previously used a backup solution from another vendor which was not as focused on the virtual environment. As almost all our systems are virtualized the switch to Veeam made sense as its primary focus is a virtual environment.

I have used Commvault.

We also use other products. This is not the only one. We use Micro Focus Data Protector, Arcserve UDP, and Microsoft Data Protection Manager.

Microsoft Data Protection Manager is more windows-oriented. It is not as good as Veeam for sure, but it is good enough for certain environments.

We previously used the Symantec product, but it wasn't up to standard. We switched to Veeam because of its ease of use.

I've worked with a variety of solutions.

Veeam is very, very good when we have a virtualized environment. It's a major part of the virtualized environment. However, in the data center sometimes some other products like Commvault, for example, or NetBackup, have more features than Veeam. When we have very important environments with bare-metal servers, Commvault is a better solution compared to Veeam in some situations.

I have used Veritas in the past and it does a better job at backing up servers.

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I used HP, the normal three-tier environment, and I wanted to go to upper coverage, so I switched.

I have used other solutions in the past, but I switched because Veeam just works. It is pretty easy to set up, use, and it has fewer limitations.

We have tried several other products and none were as good as Veeam. One competing product caught fire. Another product was not reliable on local or remote backups, and the other was extremely overpriced with low quality hardware, buggy software, low quality support, and low reliability.

The company previously used Symantec Backup Exec, and Veeam was already in place (although poorly configured) when I arrived. We also used HP LiveVault online backup, which was a very poor solution and required constant baby-sitting to be sure it worked properly. We chose to discontinue using HP LiveVault because restores took a very long time, especially Exchange restores, for example, we had to restore a mailbox of a terminated user that was never exported to a PST. With LiveVault, we had to download a 200GB .EDB file, mount it, and export the mailbox as .PST to get the 5 or so mail messages we needed. When we switched everything to Veeam and properly configured it, we were provided the ability to mount a backup and restore a mailbox directly from the backup, even if it's offsite. This proved to decrease restore times to at most an hour, and along with file-level restorations, SQL backup and restores, and the ease of ensuring proper backups for our entire environment, pushed us well over the edge in choosing Veeam as the product we trust for our backups.

Yes. We used Netvault (still use it in limited way). Veeam is far more flexible.

We deal with Commvault, depending on the project, and we are also a distributor of Arcserve.

Prior to Veeam we had physical machines that required manual backup.

I am familiar with Veritas as well.

We have used Commvault previously but the customers cannot use Commvault for backups and replication, it is not included on the Commvault backup software. 

Veeam Backup Replication allows both features.

We have used almost all of biggest players for a backup solution. Veeam won because it is simple to use and great to integrate with virtualization solutions.

I’ve used traditional backup software that was based on tape and their move to VM backups still used this model. I always tried to pigeon hole backups to disk into tape containers which too frequently resulted in problems. Other VM backups earlier on didn’t improve at the same rate as Veeam.

I’ve used several other products and pound-for-pound in a virtual environment Veeam seems to work the best.

This is the first product that we have used to back up VMware ESXi. VM servers so do not have anything to compare against. Having said that, we have no reason to look for an alternative.

Our previous solution was not transparent, hard to configure and fail short in the reporting. For us, the word of mouth was very important, we heard only positive things about it. The sales people are a bit "overenthusiastic". In the evaluation period I sometimes got phone calls twice a day. Also the access to local technical Veeam people was great.

No, this was a new build-out where no previous solution had existed.

We previously used a different solution and switched to Veeam because it works faster, the recovery process is very quick, and it's easily scalable. 

Before working with this solution, I did not use any other similar products. In the past, I simply used a bit of HP products for certain tasks. 

I've used HiQ and Quest NetVault, and like them both.

I used many other tools: Acronis, vSphere Data Protection, Symantec BES. I moved to Veeam because I initially found many high level features missing in the other tools. Now the gap is thinned, but I feel more confident with Veeam.

We used to use Symantec prior to 2013.

I started with Symantec and have recently moved to Veeam. I'm also familiar with Commvault.

When you're really looking at enterprise, I personally would go for Commvault. That's a product that is built for the enterprise. Veeamis aimed t smaller businesses. 

I previously used IBM TSM, but the IT environment in Thailand changed from Linux to Intel, which TSM did not support, so I switched to Veeam.

Previously, we used a few different solutions. Before Veeam, we were using a solution from HP, and Symantec.

We decided to go with Veeam because we had a few issues that were not able to be resolved in time.

• VMWare VDR
• Symantec NetBackup
• VizionCore

They were either too slow or too buggy to have a reliable backup solution.

We used various backup solutions including NetBackup.

We previously used BackUp Exec.

Yes used many different solutions, but no one were as great as Veeam when talking virtual backups.

Not for virtual machines. I've used Symantec Backup Exec.

vRanger

I have used NetBackup. For heavy workloads or if I need consistent backup and restore, I prefer NetBackup over Veeam Backup Replication.

We previously used Symantec Backup Exec. As we moved forward from the physical environment to the virtual environment, we changed products to Veeam Backup Replication. We found that Veeam Backup Replication was the most usable, and fit our companies use case scenario best.

Up until two years ago, I worked with Micro Focus Data Protector, version 9.5. It's more for enterprises and has more capabilities for working with tape libraries, replication between the sites, data trends, or working with virtual tape libraries, and so on. It is more expensive, however, in comparison to Veeam.

I previously used Backup Exec, the Acronis suite and many others, but Veeam was clearly better; that is the reason why I switched.

No, it is our first implementation of a replication solution.

ArcServe, Symantec. I had always problems with the backup until I switched to Veeam.

First, it's agentless for your VMware or Hyper-V VMs, but you need to install an agent if you want to backup physical servers. Second, the backup just works and I get alerts when a backup fails. But the only time when the backup fails is when I run out of space.

I don't need to worry about testing the backups because with SureBackup, Veeam is restoring the backup automatically and is checking if the restore works.

Brilliant.

I have experience with Backup Exec. The backup/restore capabilities are far away from the Veeam Suite.

Nope. I have always used Veeam for virtual machines and Backup Exec for physical boxes.

We previously used Commvault which is a good product but this was based on backups of Physical Server using tapes, Veeam B&R was chosen when we made the move towards virtualisation.

Yes I previously used Symantec BackupExec which had been in place for years. The product was full of bugs, completely unreliable, and required weekly calls to tech support. I switched to Veeam because of these reasons primarily. The cost of Veeam also came in lower than our previous system.

We previously used HP Data Protector before that and switched to Veeam because it was less expensive and more user-friendly. 

We also use Commvault, Veritas, and IBM Spectrum Protect.

The IBM console is definitely more complex in terms of implementation and monitoring. The user interface for Veeam is better.

The support available is similar from all of the vendors. Most of the backup software and principles are quite similar and we can handle problems with the help of support.

We have used IBM Cloud Backup before, and one of the reasons that pushed us to change the Veeam Backup & Replication was that IBM Cloud Backup was really difficult to use. We have been using it for almost 10 years only to visualize the environment. When we started with IBM Cloud Backup, we also had physical servers. We currently don't have any physical servers. This is another reason we moved to a new generation backup solution.

I have used Acronis.

I have worked with all of the major products. These include Azure Backup, Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM), Commvault, Veritas Backup Exec, and others. The product you choose depends on the type of infrastructure and the type of backups you need to have. This one can be used for all kinds of infrastructure.

We were using Symantec Backup Exec. We switched for the simplicity of management with Veeam.

I previously used Symantec Backup Exec. It was slow, incomplete, complex, used agents, and the technical support was useless, slow and ineffective. We would pray that we would not have a problem.

We started with Veeam since the beginning. We are a startup.

I was using Symantec, but it's not as flexible as Veeam if you talk about immediate recovery of file or a whole VM.

We previously used Symantec Backup Exec, it was cumbersome, didn’t handle our virtual machines, and kept us on tape backups.

If I had to choose visualization between Micro Focus Data Protector and Veeam, I would choose Veeam. It's a much better product. The functionalities for the end-user are much easier. It is a good product for an enterprise, but it's not that user-friendly like Veeam is. The functionalities that Veeam offers are fantastic. It's a very good product.

In terms of virtualization, I would recommend Veeam over Data Protector. Definitely. Even for hybrid, I would still recommend Veeam. Although, the Data Protector hybrid environment is also not bad. But the problem is the complexity.

Micro Focus is developing the virtualization side. You can't compare it with Veeam. The storage and backing up the environment are much easier on Veeam than Data Protector. Veeam is much more ahead at the moment.

Data Protector is not user-friendly. It's more complex. You need to know the product very well to be able to do backups or restores.

Before using Veeam Backup & Replication, we had not deployed any backup systems in the company.

The features in Veeam are much better than in the other products.

I’ve worked with agent based backup solution and other virtual backup solutions over the years. PHDVirtual for XenServer has very good dedup but wasn’t compatible with Hyper-V or VMware (superseded now by Unitrends). Agent based backups usually rely on a bare metal restore which can be time consuming. Veeam just makes the whole restore process very simple. Veeam upgrades take a fraction of the time that most other products take.

Yes, we used EMC Avamar before and switched primarily due to cost however the Veeam/DataDomain offering is more robust.

Update: We are now looking to move off of DataDomain due to restore speeds.

We were using Symantec Backup Exec 2010. We moved away from it in favor of being able to perform total VM backups.

Previously, we used IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Besides costing a lot more, it was also outdated, having very high upgrade costs. Also, it was a lot more complex (especially for the needs of a virtual environment). Besides this, it didn't provide us with the much needed Replication function for VMs. Currently, Tivoli Storage Manager is still being used in some of physical environment but since a year ago, we've slowly started to replace it with another backup product.

We previously used HP Data Protector. It was very complex to work with, and susceptible to fails, so we switched.

Yes. I used the Symantec suite of products. I switched because it became bloated with different items and it tried to manage more things than what I wanted it for.

I have previously used many different solutions and choose Veeam for its quick and correct solutions for my problems.

We switched to Veeam a long time ago because it just works better. We get more consistent backups of our backup software. The previous backups gave us problems and Veeam just doesn't—it just works. 

We currently are on Commvault, and we're also on Veeam, but we are busy putting forward a design to migrate from Commvault to Veeam for our company.

We did look at other options. The other solutions I was looking at weren't good enough.

In the past, we also used VMware orchestration for VMware backup and recovery. Veeam is more stable and scalable, and its price is more attractive than VMware.

I was using a VMware built-in backup solution, but it wasn't at all friendly to operate.

I switched to this solution because it is more for virtual machines.

I have experience with Sematech, as well as HP.

Prior to Veeam, I was using the regular Windows Backup utility.

We are consulting customers who have special needs in backup situations (among other stuff). Veeam was always the best solution to backup VMs and with continuing virtualisation this became more important. Now that we can do file level backup as well, we expect more customers moving to Veeam.

We were not using any other solution prior to this one. We have used Veeam since the start of our data center virtualization.

Prior to Veeam, I used VMware VDR, and then VDP (> vSphere 5.x).

I am currently also using using HPE Data Protector and Unitrends UEB.

I previously used vRanger Pro when it first came out but I found it frustrating.

Yes we did. Agents and licensing were getting too cumbersome and performance was not where we felt it should be.

Before using VEEAM, we were using Symantec Backup Exec. Unfortunately, it gave us many problems. Especially for some customers: it signaled the completion of backups, while in fact created only empty files.

Yes, HP and Symantec. Veeam is a product more specific for Virtual Environments.

Symantec Backup Exec. Was not an effective solution for virtual machine backups.

Yes. We Switched to Veeam because of the complexity and poor reliability of the older solution.

In the past we were using a traditional physical backup solution -Symantec Backup Exec which made restores quite difficult in the event of a complete VM restore. We needed a solution that was more in line with the virtual realm and we discovered Veeam when attending VMworld and we were quick to setup a lab to test the product and were completely satisfied with what we'd found.

Backup Exec was previously used but their early attempt to backup VMs were cumbersome and Veeam stepped in to address that problem. The only reason why Backup Exec was kept in the environment was to backup to tape and, in the earlier days, backup Exec databases.

We previously used Backup Exec, we switched because we backups were becoming a huge headaches. We always had little issues with the product, but the problems just seemed to keep adding up and jobs were failing more and more.

Used symantec backup exec, Nordic Backup, IBM TSM, and switched because of the transition to virtual servers.

I am not aware of what the organization had in place before I arrive. Veeam Backup & Replication was already in place before I arrived.

I have used similar solutions by vendors such as Commvault.

Veeam is much more flexible and easier to use. With Commvault, you need an additional technician to launch or deploy anything. It requires a lot of time just to set it up. Also, Commvault is more expensive.

I haven’t used any other solution. I have always used this product for VM backups.

We did, but I cannot disclose names. We left them because they were too expensive, not focused on customer needs, and in regards to virtualization they dropped the ball big time.

We were using Comvault for part of our backups and when Comvault allowed their SAN snapshotting we switched it all over.

Yes, Veeam was easier to setup and use.

Yes, Symantec Backup Exe. It never worked well work virtualization. Backups always failed & spent too much time trying to figure out why it did not work & how to fix it.

We are working with Nutanix and Dell products for disaster recovery.

We used MS Data Protection Center, but MS changed the deployment model. DPM became part of a bigger solution which did not fit our needs.

Used to use vRanger. Switched to Veeam as "it just works" as their slogan suggests.

Due to the flexibility and the above mentioned features.

VMware VDP it was missing file level restore on version 5.0 which Veeam offers.

I have used VMware VDP, the earlier version and there were multiple issues with the indexing and backups failed multiple times with random issues. This was not experienced inly by me, but with all other System Administrators as well. VMware support had to be contacted multiple times. They were supportive, but the product was not stable and reliable. VDP Advanced is much stable and I might test the software in next few months.

If one day the EMC NetWorker will offer same features, then I will have to switch as they offer more than what I want.

As I have mentioned earlier, we are a MSP and we design solutions according to the customer's needs.

Yes. Initially, we used Norton’s Backup Exec. We switched primarily because we were virtualizing our entire infrastructure

HP Data Protector, we switched because Veeam was easier to manage and deploy.

We use Commvault for the standalone server and VMware for different sites.

We didn't use any other product.

I used to work with Symantec backup exec / System recovery, IBM FastBack and Arcserve each one of them has its strength and weaknesses. The reason I switched to Veeam was the native support for virtual environments.

I have used Commvault previously and I liked it better than Veeam Backup Replication. I am only using Veeam Backup Replication because my client already was using it in their environment.

Commvault is not intuitive in the beginning, especially the older versions with all the management tools.

Backups of VMs were previously taken using i365 data vault this added additional load to ESXi hosts and VMs during backup windows, switching to Veeam removed this load and enhanced recovery options for all VMs; i365 also provides block level incremental forever backups and replicates to our DR site, we continue to use this for the remaining physical machines.

We previously used Backup Exec, but Veeam rules.

Yes, I previously used Microsoft System Center but Veeam is better, faster and easy to use and configure.

We previously used Backup Exec and ArcServe. These companies are too big to care even for their own products.

Symantec Netbackup. We changed when we saw the promise of Veeam.

And these promises have been delivered!

We previously used Backup exec and when we implemented virtualization, Veeam had a good price point and seemed logical.

Was using Symantec.

We also use some other solutions, but they are open-source, not commercial solutions. We still use a lot of open-source backup solutions because they actually do what we need. They grab data from one place and they store it where we want without storing it in a special data structure. They store the files exactly as they came from the origin; they go to the target and that's it.

Before Veeam, we used the IBM solution (TSM) and evaluated NetBackup from Symantec/Veritas. We chose Veeam because of its features, lower investment cost and ease of management.

No.

We still use other solutions to back up the physical environment, since Veeam only supports virtual machines.

I worked with Symantec NetBackup/Commvault and EMC NetWorker. Veeam is the best for virtualization backup.

We used an in house script, which did not address a file level restore.

No, this was our first.

We previously used virtual server infrastructure backup solution.

We previously used the Windows backup solution and we changed to Tivoli for automated backups and multiple copies of backup sets to comply with central bank policy to keep the backup data offsite and out of the country.

We used Symantec Backup Exec and CA Arcserve. We changed because there was a lack of features specific for a virtualization environment. Arcserve has a complex way to backup Exchange.

BackupExec, not good enough support for VM backup.

While I used to work with other products whose names I cannot recall, I prefer to work with those of Veeam.

It all comes down to cost.

vRanger

Net backup and we switched to this considering agent less backup operation by this product that help our operations to run live without performance issues.

Most of my customers previously used Veritas backup solutions.

We didn't have a previous solution. We just realized that protecting some of the important data was something that was needed at a certain point, that we needed to do.

Most important criterion when selecting a vendor would be: Does the solution it fit our needs, what we are trying to do?

I have used all flavors of backup solutions since early 1990s, this is by far the most advanced yet and easiest product to use.

Backup Exec, I was looking for something designed for Virtual Machines.