We performed a comparison between Commvault Complete Data Protection and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The embedded deduplication engine is really good because we use a Near Line SAS disk as a repository for our backups, and we don't need to pay for another appliance such as a Data Domain or Quantum so that we can have hardware-based deduplication."
"We use the solution for cloud and data backup."
"It is a stable solution."
"Commvault's Command Center is one of the best solutions out there. You can rely on Commvault solutions for the most complex and most demanding environments."
"The most valuable feature is Commvault's coverage. It has wide coverage to back up every data center environment. The product can back up OpenStack, OpenShift, and competitive solutions don't have this feature. Commvault can handle backing up any virtual workload or enterprise application."
"Commvault can perform a backup no matter where you are, and it takes a backup every four hours. No matter when you come to the office, it'll take a backup if you're connected to the internet and check the system for online availability."
"It helped us reduce the number of servers that are required for a stable operation."
"It runs all the tests and emails us the reports. We take daily, weekly, and monthly snapshots, and I integrate the storage snapshot scripts with the Commvault workflow. The Commvault workflow runs all the scripts and sends us the reports. It also features cloud-side reports and workflows. Commvault has many tools for backing up, restoring, and archiving things, but we use another service for our archives."
"It is a scalable product."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"We are happy with Veritas Backup Exec's stability."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"The pricing could be more flexible in terms of licensing."
"The interface could be improved because it has two different consoles."
"The initial installation is straightforward and took approximately two days. However, the process could be more simple."
"The deployment process should be simplified because it is not something that just anybody can do."
"I would like Commvault to have a feature for cybersecurity threats, e.g. securing the target backup repository. Commvault just started testing and releasing this feature, but it needs to be stabilized."
"With respect to the cloud, they need to offer more integrations."
"When you deploy Complete Data Protection for past services, it's more complicated because you cannot directly back up from the previous service host. We have to build a proxy server, like a middleware, to directly access the past database server. It's complex and hard for beginners to figure out."
"Our main pain point is that some of our hardware is old. For example, the SSD disks for our application database are slow. It's hard to avoid a slowdown in our environment because the size of our backups is growing every year. If you're growing and don't upgrade the environment, you will see slower backups and restores. You must enhance the environment if you are growing."
"I wish that they have an outlet for the other products from Veritas built into the Backup Exec product. For example, Backup Exec does only server backup. Currently, it is possible to read the backup of one other product, but if they can add more products so that you can just go into the dashboard of these other products by clicking on a button within the Backup Exec product, it would be great."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"It doesn't support the AIX platform."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
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Commvault Complete Data Protection is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery Software with 41 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery Software with 29 reviews. Commvault Complete Data Protection is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Commvault Complete Data Protection writes "Can easily restore data in a disaster recovery scenario". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Supports synthetic backup and allows you to start virtual machines on the backup set and do multiple things in one backup configuration". Commvault Complete Data Protection is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Metallic and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Backup, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Commvault Complete Data Protection vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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