IBM Tivoli CDP for Files vs OpenText Data Protector comparison

"The restoration and infrastructure is extremely reliable."

"The dashboards in Micro Focus Data Protector are very good. They are similar to the dashboards in Veeam Backup & Replication."

"The most valuable feature of Data Protector is its integration with VMware. A lot of software these days integrates with VMware, and you can run some of these things on virtual machines. You can even have your backup manager running on a virtual machine and use physical managers to move data around. Their VMware integration isn't too bad, but Commvault has that feature, and many other backup products do."

"This solution is quite stable because we have only three users."

"The solution is easy to use."

"OpenText Data Protector is good for physical backup, specifically for physical servers."

"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."

"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."

"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."

"We would like to have the opportunity to omit data from being backed up. For example, we have three virtual machines, each with three disks. When running the backup, it will automatically take each disk rather than allowing us to select what data we want backed."

"I'm uncertain if it supports virtual machine backup and restoration. If they could enhance this aspect, they could gain more support from end users."

"The technical support was very slow."

"The GUI could be updated. The GUI hasn't changed since version 6. It's on version 10 now. The reporting could also be better. Also, while Data Protector is excellent for backing up physical hardware, it needs more features for backing up VM images because many environments use hypervisor."

"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."

"The scheduler setup could be better. We are facing some issues scheduling the job based on our requirements."

"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."

"The downside of the flexibility on offer is if you over-configure it, it may fail to function as some configurations may not match."

"Integration with the market applications must be improved, such as MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, SAP and Oracle. Other backup tools are more efficient with the integrated backups."

"It's expensive, but it's worth for it due to the volume of critical information within our database. We are currently paying about $22,000 per year."

"It is fast, reliable, and its licensing policy is great."

"Pricing/licensing is Data Protector's single best offering. In its most basic environment, the only license required is for whatever target device is required."

"Pricing for Micro Focus Data Protector is reasonable."

"The pricing is neither too expensive nor very cheap."

"The pricing is around $3,000 to $5,000. The charge additionally for support and to scale."

"The solution requires paying for a license."

"The product is cheaper than Commvault."

"Our licensing is on a capacity basis."