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Veritas Backup Exec vs Veritas System Recovery comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Veritas Backup Exec
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (30th)
Veritas System Recovery
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (32nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas System Recovery aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Veritas Backup Exec is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 1.3%, down 1.7% compared to last year.
Veritas System Recovery, on the other hand, focuses on Disaster Recovery (DR) Software, holds 1.8% mindshare, up 0.6% since last year.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veritas Backup Exec1.3%
Veeam Data Platform5.6%
Commvault Cloud3.3%
Other89.8%
Backup and Recovery
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veritas System Recovery1.8%
Veeam Data Platform10.0%
VMware Live Recovery7.0%
Other81.2%
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

Featured Reviews

MuhammadNabeel - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at Axelliant
Reliable backups have protected critical office data and support daily recovery needs
Veritas Backup Exec offers a range of features that cater to the needs of businesses looking for a comprehensive data protection solution. The advantages include ease of use, comprehensive coverage, automated recovery, scalability, integration, and technical support. Veritas Backup Exec especially helps our organization because it is designed to remedy complexity by delivering a simple backup and recovery solution that meets all protection needs with a host of powerful features that can help save time and money, increase reliability, and improve recovery time objectives.
SP
IT Manager at Canara Robeco
An easy to maintains solution useful to manage daily backup and the restoration of backup files
I don't see any scope for improvement in the product since it is a well-established solution. My company has not faced any production-related issues with Veritas System Recovery, as it has stayed quite stable in our environment. The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required. The documentation and reporting areas also need to be improved.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution is good for physical backups."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"It is stable, there are no bugs or glitches, it doesn’t crash or freeze, it’s reliable, and the performance is good."
"I find Veritas to be quite useful and it fits completely with my business requirements."
"We are happy with Veritas Backup Exec's stability."
"This is a product that I strongly recommend, and I plan on using it for the long term."
"This is a solution that keeps evolving with technology."
"You can back up the whole image."
"The tool helps automate system recovery. The solution is most useful in scenarios involving restoration to a different environment. For instance, when migrating from a physical server to a virtual one, the tool facilitates conversion."
"You can back up the whole image, not just files and folders, but the image from the server, and you can restore the whole image."
"It has a user-friendly interface and configures and integrates nicely with other products."
"Offers good recovery quickly."
"The best thing about this product is that it's a unified solution and doesn't require the installation of any other solution, whether it's in a virtual environment, or on-prem."
"With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements."
"The installation was straightforward."
 

Cons

"This product is very geared toward a Microsoft environment, but there are many applications apart from Microsoft."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"The solution could improve and adapt to new applications in the market so we can integrate Veritas Backup Exec with them to facilitate backup processes within these applications."
"Sometimes permissions and deploying the agents can be tricky."
"I can't say there’s any significant difference with other solutions. It's just a backup solution for me."
"The reliability is sometimes lacking."
"Lacks the ability to protect the database snapshot."
"We faced issues with recovery and restoration."
"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."
"For most organizations these days, their main concern is to protect their database and I think Veritas could make some improvements in that regard."
"The tool's deployment could be easier. The deployment itself isn't the issue; rather, the problem lies in configuring policies and testing everything before it's ready. We invest a significant amount of time in preparing for various scenarios. However, we often encounter situations where changes have occurred since our initial preparations. This can render the automation less valuable."
"This solution needs an easier interface that is more comprehensible. Also, sometimes we have issues with restoring images when we initialize the servers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has a good price-value ratio. Its price-value ratio is better than Veeam."
"It's a good price for the product."
"The price of Veritas Backup Exec could be reduced and we pay annually for the license. However, compared to other solutions, such as Veeam, it is less expensive."
"The pricing is good."
"It is not an expensive product."
"Depending on the scenario, it can cost less than half of the price of other methods."
"The product's price is reasonable."
"Its price is reasonable."
"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There is no need to pay any additional fees apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Energy/Utilities Company
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
What needs improvement with Veritas Backup Exec?
While Backup Exec has dedicated user-based system administrators, IT professionals frequently point out several areas where the platform could be modernized and improved.
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Also Known As

Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
Veritas System Recovery 18, System Recovery 18, System Recovery
 

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Sample Customers

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