Veeam Data Platform Reviews

Reliability and simplicity.

1. Faster and more reliable backup.
2. SAN Snapshot reduce backup window.
3. Integration of Exchange and SQL granular restore reduce our RTO.

1. Integration with Storage Array.
2. Incremental restore.
3. Improve the support of physical servers and bare metal recovery.

4 years.

No issues with deployment.

No issues with stability.

5/5. Good Pre-sales and sales team. Always available (and fast) when needed.

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

In-house because we are Veeam vendor partner.

Veeam is cheaper than our older solution and more reliable. We spend less time to check and/or relaunch daily backup in error.

If you’re > 80% virtualized environment (Hyper-V or VMware) and no need of complex tape rotation, this is a good product.

Be careful of having installed integration services or VMware tools.

Both backup and replication, simple to read reports.

Allowed simple backup and restore of virtual machines as well as granular restore of files and Exchange databases.

Most of the features I wanted was addressed in version 6 and 7 (i.e. backup to tape) allowing my clients to finally get rid of backup Exec to copy backups to tape. I'm not sure if there's a way to back up physical servers with Veeam but that would be a good feature to help customers transition into a fully virtualized environment OR maintain some physical servers in the environment.

3 years (version 7 and older versions).

Issue when licenses files (.lic) are downloaded from OWA which would render it unusable. Also had issues in earlier version where snapshots weren't deleted properly but that can be attributed to a mix of the ESXi version and Veeam.

Veeam 6 and 7 has been very stable.

Our customers have not run into any scalability issues.

Excellent. Calling tech support and getting routed to a tech is quite fast.

Excellent and responsive.

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.

Very straight forward. The console is extremely simple to use and intuitive.

In-house.

Veeam is definitely one of the market leaders and is the preferred choice.

Definitely one of the simplest ways to backup a virtualized infrastructure but you may not be able to fully get rid of your regular backup software if you have physical servers or specialized applications that required specific plugins that Veeam does not support.

The solution helps us understand the infrastructure more and gives insights to develop further business plans.

The solution's reporting feature could be better. They should provide more insightful reports.

The solution's customer service is good.

Positive

I rate the solution as an eight. It is good but not an essential product.

It is our backup and recovery solution. We have a lot of hypervisors and virtual machines.

We are using its latest version. We just update it to the latest version.

Its performance is fine. It supports us very well. It is able to support our policy for RTO, RPO, and other things that we need.

A backup and replication solution should be able to back up a system and do recovery very fast. Even though Veeam Backup & Replication is able to meet most of our needs, it would be better if they can make it faster for backup and restore. 

We have been using this solution for a few years. 

It is stable. We haven't had any issues.

Its scalability is good.

I don't have any issues with their technical support.

We used our partner for its implementation. Its deployment and maintenance are taken care of by just one person. It is very simple.

Its licensing is very simple. We can make changes very easily.

I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate it an eight out of 10.

Our use case is for doing backup for virtual machines, only for VMware virtual machines.

The most valuable features are the backup, replication application, and the virtual lab.

There are some PowerShell scripts for Veeam, but the product could be improved if they wrote more PowerShell scripts for controlling Veeam.

I've been using the solution for five years.

The solution is very stable, compared to other products. It's very stable and reliable.

Veeam is very scalable; it's suitable for all sizes of companies.

The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far.

The initial setup was very simple. Deployment takes one day.

I did the setup myself. We are a system integrator company and we do implementation of Veeam for customers. We have a great experience with Veeam, so it was not a problem for us.

Licensing is very straightforward. Pricing is not the cheapest, but you get a lot of value for your money.

The main difference when comparing this solution to competitors is that Veeam is a company which has a single product, Veeam Backup Replication. Other companies have many products and Veeam can focus on a single product; this is their main advantage. They are pioneers in their domain. They are the leaders.

If you buy Veeam, you have to buy maintenance; if you don't buy maintenance, you cannot do updates, but it's recommended to have maintenance.

If you want to have a small and cheap system, that is not Veeam; but if you want performance, reliability, support, then this solution is best for that.

If you are looking into implementing Veeam Backup, you have to first do anassessment, then make a good plan, and do a pilot to check all the features and to compare the features with your expectations.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We are running the entire infrastructure on a Veeam host.

It serves its intended purpose and it works well. It's good enough for us.

It integrates very well.

I believe it is an excellent product for us. I'm not sure what could be improved.

We have had problems with some jobs. For example, when we have a VM with a large SQL Database, sometimes we cannot adjust the time for transaction logs to back up and overlap time.

I have been using Veeam Backup & Replication for two years.

Veeam Backup Replication is a stable product.

I have experience with Sematech, as well as HP.

I don't have an issue with the price of Veeam Backup Replication.

Veeam is a recommended product, but I have no evidence of other products. I have not researched other similar products.

I would rate Veeam Backup & Replication an eight out of ten.

I use the solution for many environments involving various projects. 

The solution's best features are its ease of use and replication, which works fine. Its environments are good. It is easy to manage and allows one to easily migrate in different data center sites and firewalls. 

The price is an issue. If one has a large number of servers, say... 100-plus, and wishes to add more, an exhausted budget may hinder this ability. This is the only issue of note. 

I have been using Veeam Backup & Replication for one year. 

The solution should have a more cost-effective price. This can be an issue if one wishes to expand on a large number of servers, such as those exceeding 100, but does not have the budget to do so. 

The solution's backup extension is easily manageable and its reporting tool is easy to manage by name and to read. 

My role is that of a customer.

I rate Veeam Backup & Replication as an eight out of ten. 

We mainly use it for backup. We are using its latest version.

It protects us from losing data and having downtime.

The instant VM recovery feature is the most valuable. It is a very good tool for disaster recovery. It is also easy to manage.

Its licensing needs to be improved. Its licensing has become complex since last December. They have changed the way the product is licensed, and there is a lot of confusion.

Sometimes, when a new version comes, it seems that it has not been tested enough because I usually find some bugs in it. 

It could also have more integration with other virtualization products, such as desktop virtualization products and open-source virtualization products.

I have been using this product for three years.

It is pretty stable.

Its scalability is great. It offers a lot of options from the scalability point of view. 

We have many users of this solution. Most of the workers are using this solution for backup. 
We use it daily, and we are planning to keep using this solution.

Their technical support is really good. Their responses are quick enough, and they are knowledgeable about the solution.

We didn't use any other product.

Its initial setup was pretty straightforward. It took me about four hours to implement everything and configure everything. You just need one administrator for its deployment and maintenance.

We did not evaluate any other product.

I would recommend this product. It is a very good product. 

I would rate Veeam Backup & Replication an eight out of ten.