Veeam is our primary backup system used with the DD2500 for the repository. We use Veeam 9.5 Update 3 on a physical Windows 2016 server with Proxy servers deployed one per host in our HA Cluster. We also use the Enterprise Plus licensing for Nimble Snapshot Integration for backups and this allows our backup window to be reduced.
External reviews
717 reviews
from
and
External reviews are not included in the AWS star rating for the product.
No worry backups, easy restores.
What do you like best about the product?
Veeam easily connects to all of our different servers and errors are much less frequent than our previous backup tool which always complained about the little things. Restores are easy, whether it's a whole server or just a single file.
What do you dislike about the product?
Don't really like how the console takes your through some steps for restore and then launches another program, but that just helps you get to your destination quicker, you could do it all in one program if you choose to do it that way.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used to have frequent errors and had to manage tapes. Veeam allows us to backup to disk and cloud.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a test run
Great product one setup
What do you like best about the product?
Scalability and ease-of-use deliver on commitment to simplify It for customers. Capacity planning and right sizing streamline budgetary decisions
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that it is very environment dependent and has a tough learning curve.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am providing my clients with backup as a service.
VEEAM
What do you like best about the product?
Backs up just about anything you need.
Restores are fairly quick.
Restores are fairly quick.
What do you dislike about the product?
Changes and fast paced enviroment is not good for all technical users
The price is also hard to look at.
The price is also hard to look at.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
yperV VMs, VMware VMs, Physical Windows, Linux, Solaris, backups.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Pricing isnt that great. Change Block Tracking doesn’t work too well with other backup applications.
Veeam is great virtual backup utility
What do you like best about the product?
The backups are easy to setup and configure. Restores are especially super fast to restore. I also like the ability to run a virtual machine from a backup.
What do you dislike about the product?
Deciding which backup schema to use can be confusing at times. Also, we found that if you had raw disk mappings that you cannot back it up to a vault.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quick and reliable backups using disks instead of tapes.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Be sure to buy the enterprise version.
Veeam is a solid backup solution
What do you like best about the product?
It pretty easy to setup backup jobs for our virtual machines and CIF shares. The UI is understandable and realativley easy to figure out.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'm not crazy about the client endpoint solution. It certainly works, but there is not central management console. This means you need to install and configure on each client machine.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Business asset protection.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure you take into account the ongoing support. Negotiate 5 years of support into your initial purchase. It's much cheaper to buy it up front, then to negotiate it later.
Veeam Product Review
What do you like best about the product?
Its the top VMware backup solution in the market. They free version is excellent. Easy to use interface and setup. Backups are really fast. The quick migration feature is something I really like and it has helped me a lot when disasters happen. I like the it also support Microsoft Hyper V backups as well.
What do you dislike about the product?
Troubleshooting failed back ups or credential issues aren't easy and there's is not really much support or documentation on the Veeam site or on the internet but I'm sure in up coming releases they will address these issues.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Backups for our virtual servers. One of the benefits is being able to see virtual servers, storage and tape information for all devices on the network all on one interface.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it and you wont use another back up software to backup your images
By moving the Veeam server to a physical server and creating a Proxy server on each of the hosts, we are able to leverage SAN based backup which is very fast.
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
With moving the Veeam server to a physical server and creating a Proxy server on each of the hosts, we are able to leverage SAN based backup which is very fast. Jobs are completed overnight and never run in to the business hours.
What is most valuable?
Features with the most value are Instant VM Recovery, SQL Explorer and Exchange Explorer. Allowing our Veeam Agents access to the repositories for backups is another big plus.
What needs improvement?
Physical backup is always where room for improvement could be but Veeam has always stated they are not going in that direction. However, with Veeam Endpoint Backup, physical server backup is possible.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability has always been the best part of Veeam and never has there been an issue with this.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Veeam is endless depending on your needs and there were no issues for us.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is always been top notch and I rate it a 10/10.
Technical Support:
Technical support is 10/10. They are always fast with responding to tickets and help you in the best way possible. They even arrange discussions with Architects if you have questions on best practices or environment setup.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
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.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very straightforward and there never seems to be issues with Veeam.
What about the implementation team?
We completed the implementation in-house using local resources.
What was our ROI?
ROI has been about six months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Be sure as always to evaluate products, get licensing costs, etc. Choose what is right for your business model.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
No other options were evaluated as we knew Veeam was one of the better solutions for Virtual Backup.
What other advice do I have?
Veeam is a great product and always works. The product setup is easy and learning of the product for someone technical is straightforward. I look forward to the improvements in this product as it progresses.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Veeam for the win
What do you like best about the product?
Nearly instant file restores, and if I have to throw back a VM to a previous time, that is only 6 or so minutes wait, which wins big with our staff and users. Backups take less than 10 minutes, a drastic improvement over legacy technologies...
What do you dislike about the product?
Other than a few slightly irritating interface quirks, there is nothing I dislike about Veeam.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Post virtualization backups using a backup product using older "tape backup" based methods wasn't passing muster. So a choice was made to ask other districts about their choices, pros and cons. We went with Veeam, and haven't looked back.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out! Put it up against the others out there, especially try it out against the older "tape" styled products. You'll be amazed!
showing 711 - 718