IBM Spectrum Protect Plus excels in features such as integration with Oracle, SQL, Hyper-V, multi-platform backup, and ease of use. The system supports virtual snapshots, deduplication, compression, centralization, and fast recovery for disaster protection. Users appreciate its API, Kubernetes support, user-friendly deployment, policy configuration flexibility, and agentless functionality. Deduplication and data retention technologies are notable. Integration, replication, scalability, and seamless backup for various databases enhance its value. Its ability to optimize storage adds efficiency.
- "Pricing is good; it is reasonable and more reasonable than any other vendors."
- "The biggest benefit of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is that it's an agentless backup product which is very easy to configure and use."
- "There is protection against disasters with good, fast, reliable recovery options."
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus requires better security integration, data validation, user-friendly administration, and enhanced reporting. Users suggest improved support for virtualization, scheduling flexibility, and integration with other IBM products. Automation features, global deduplication, and more comprehensive threat mitigation are desired. Users struggle with installation and configuration, while backup and restore processes are slow and cumbersome. Technical support needs responsiveness across time zones, and ransomware protection is urged to be enhanced for better data protection.
- "IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could be made more lightweight and user-friendly in terms of GUI features to make it closer to a perfect score."
- "IBM has made a decision to withdraw the product and replace it with IBM Data Protect."
- "There's significant room for improvement. They are not yet where I want them to be."
