Veeam Data Platform Reviews

Ease of use, it's simple to backup and restore.

Backups don't fail often which saves time and data.

Backing up Exchange could be better, particularly Clustered Exchange.

No

No

No

No issues.

Excellent, their support is fast and efficient.

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

In VMWare it's really fast. For Hyper V it took some tooling around.

In-House.

I didn't measure it but it saves me tons of time and no data loss so it has likely paid for itself many times over.

Unitrends

Do it, it's a great product and is easy to use.

Ease of use

Very reliable and fast data recovery

I feel the price is a bit high

5+ years

No issues with deployment of Veeam Backup & Replication.

No issues with stability of Veeam Backup & Replication.

No issues with scalability of Veeam & Replication.

Acceptable

Acceptable

vRanger

Straightforward, clear instructions

In-house

Don't recall, I believe annual support is $2500

Do it! Great, stable, full featured product.

There are quite a few features for Veeam which are helpful, but in my mind the ability to take a backup from a week ago and spin up a temporary VM to retrieve files is the feature I use the most. The wizards are extremely user friendly and easy to use. Another very nice feature of Veeam is the ability to seamlessly intergrate with your VM environment. From within Veeam I can browse all of my VMs and choose the appropriate vm I want to add to backup. The low disk warnings are awesome in Veeam, I am alerted well before we run out of space.

Veeam has saved us many hours retrieving deleted files as well as testing backups. Our old backup solution was getting to the point where we could not go more than a couple of days without backups failing. With Veeam we have not had any time where backups did not run. We also have been able to run since January 2014 with no “failed” backups.

The performance is slow when making changes. I am unable to determine if the cause is slow disk that we use for our storage, of if Veeam is slow. When I delete a VM in Veeam it takes about 20 minutes to delete the backups with 83 restore points. With that being said we are getting the “Speed Boost” upgrade that should improve performance. With this being said, the program performs very quick when navigating around the UI. One issue I have ran into is I have been confused at times and added the same VM to multiple backup jobs. I wish there was a “warning” box that would pop up saying this vm is already protected in another job.

We have been on Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 Enterprise Edition since January 2014. We are updating to the latest version of Veeam late 2014. Previously we were on a HP tape backup for many years.

We had an outside vendor do the initial deployment

Veeam is extremely stable. I have not had to do anything with the Veeam VM since the original install. We get 100% backups every day.

Scalability for me is adding new VMs to be backed up by Veeam. Without much training I am able to create a group and add the new VMs to the group to be backed up by Veeam.

Have not contacted support

Have not contacted support

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.

Setup was completed by an outside consultant.

We used an outside consultant who was extremely familiar with Veeam, they did great.

We did not evaluate any other backup systems, we were on a tight timeline due to too many failing backups. We went with Veeam due to our consultants great experience with Veeam from other clients.

Veeam is a great fit for a seasoned IT pro, of someone who is green. Get a trial of the software and try it. My other advice is to do the math and get a large enough SAN. We currently keep 180days of backups for 50+ VMs.

The ease of use is the most valuable to me. I was able to save so much time in my day because the product did exactly what it said it would do. Veeam makes backup what it should be, set up back up jobs and when you need to restore something, click a couple buttons and restore. The speed of backups is also very valuable, it is amazing how fast backups and restores take place compared to other products.

There was a lot of time spent using other backup products in the past, and the best part about Veeam is its ease of use. I am able to spend my time doing other tasks instead of babysitting my backup strategy.

I never run into any stability issues with Veeam. It's almost too good to be true. I setup my jobs, run them, get the e-mail that they are finished and done. Veeam has never failed me.

I have been a Veeam customer for about 3 years.

I would rate the customer service 10 out of 10, every time that I have contacted Veeam the support has been fast and friendly even for the smallest issues.

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.

The initial setup was really straightforward, its a simple software install and setup that even a child could take care install and setup.

I evaluated Symantec Backup Exec 2012 and Unitrends UEB.

2-in-1: backup and replication

Sandbox and Open FIles

Instant VM Recovery

I believe none.

For almost 3 Years.

No.

No.

No.

Good.

Good.

Was using Symantec.

No, very user friendly.

In-house.

we implemented as demo lab for ours partners to test.

Was an NFR.

No.

If they have any doubts, first try a POC... Will help to decide.

The ease of use and intuitiveness of the interface are excellent. Ability of the software to work reliably and consistently is very important. The instant restore option to mount backups and read data from them in a matter of seconds/minutes is very helpful. Ability of Veeam to replicate backups cross-site is critical to my DR strategy.

Veeam allowed me to eliminate the need for tape backups and replace legacy backup software. The reliability of Veeam is amazing compared to the solution(s) I was using. I am now able to spend 2 minutes a day reviewing backup logs instead of hours troubleshooting errors and calling vendor support. The ability to replicate backups off-site disk to disk also saves a ton of time compared to swapping tapes and manually moving them off-site.

1 year.

I used a 3rd party consultant to aid in the deployment however after watching it done I was sorry to have paid someone else to do it. The deployment process appeared to be very straightforward.

None.

No.

Excellent customer service. I have mostly dealt with tech support.

Excellent. Always responsive and quick to resolve issues. Though there are rarely issues to resolve.

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.

The initial setup was very straightforward. I was able to follow the implementation guide and get the trial setup very quickly. The GUI is intuitive, I've never had an issue figuring out how to use a feature.

I implemented the production instance through a vendor. The vendor was competent and able to configure Veeam properly. However I do not see the need to use a vendor for future Veeam implementations. The Veeam install and setup process if easy to figure out.

Invaluable in time saved managing backups. The time I spent managing backups, failed jobs, software errors etc has been almost eliminated by Veeam. I have recovered at least 5 hours a week by switching to Veeam.

I do not recall the exact setup costs. I believe I paid the vendor ~$1,500 to implement Veeam, plus the cost of the Veeam licenses and support. Ongoing cost is simply the cost of renewing support and about 5 minutes of my day.

Yes, I evaluated CommVault. Veeam was much better priced for the features we needed.

Veeam is an excellent and reliable VM backup tool at a great value compared to other products. I strongly recommend deploying the free trial to get familiar with the product. After using the trial I would be surprised if someone doesn't purchase Veeam.

Backup.

Improved backup and recovery speeds, ease of use.

Problems occur using VMware based snapshots.

4 years.

No.

Nothing serious, fixed quickly via patch.

No.

Was excellent now very good.

Good+.

BackupExec, not good enough support for VM backup.

Straightforward.

I am a certified integrator, so in-house.

Integrator.

The backup and instant recovery features are the most valuable to me.

It has given me and my customers ease of mind in regards to virtual backup, furthermore it has given us the opportunity to actually test the backup so that we know we can rely on it. With instant recovery you can recover an entire server in minutes. This means you can test if your server can start from backup, in case of a breakdown.

For about 2 years.

None ever. Only in regards to incorrect licensing, but this has been because of mistakes in regards to number of processors or wrong VMWare license.

Minor issues with the snapshop functions of VMWare leading to failed backups of some virtual servers, but this is easily mended. In general, a lot less than with other backup vendors.

The customer service is very good, most of the time they contact you before you even knew you needed to contact them. They are very aware of their product and they service you in a timely and professional way.

I have yet to find a problem that cannot be solved using the community or just googling, so i rate them as high as the scale goes.

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

Everything is pretty straightforward and easy to install, even in an environment that you aren't that familiar with.

Vendor team, and their level is adequate.

I'd say the mere fact that you can test your backups without using numerous hours of own / or consultants time is enough to say there is instant ROI on Veeam B&R. Also the total backup time will probably be way less, like 25-25% faster than the one people are switching away from.

go for it :) you wont regret it.