We performed a comparison between Veritas System Recovery and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can back up the whole image."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
"The solution captures the system state, so when we restore the system, it will be restored to the state it was in at the time of the backup."
"Offers good recovery quickly."
"The solution has helped reduce my company's cost by around 50 to 60 percent."
"With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements."
"The installation was straightforward."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it."
"The stability of SRM has been excellent. It gets a nine-out-of-ten."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the disaster recovery and testing."
"The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"The reliability is sometimes lacking."
"The pricing could be cheaper."
"Lacks the ability to protect the database snapshot."
"It needs an easier interface."
"Veritas System Recovery’s pricing and local support need some improvement."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Veritas System Recovery Manager offers some manager solutions, but there is room for improvement."
"We faced issues with recovery and restoration."
"The product's stability could be better."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"I would like to see this solution be more scalable."
"Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring."
"We've had configuration issues on occasion. We start to fail over, and then we have to call it off because the configuration is not right, or the data stores aren't configured correctly in the secondary data center. Oftentimes, it is just the experience level of the team, and we have to bring in the vendor to help and validate our configuration."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"What I think can be improved is the data replication aspect."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
Veritas System Recovery is ranked 21st in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 7 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 69 reviews. Veritas System Recovery is rated 7.8, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas System Recovery writes "The solution can be used for DR testing and allows running an infinite number of full backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "A scalable solution that integrates well with the VMware platform, but its platform agnostics do not support on-cloud usage". Veritas System Recovery is most compared with Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup, Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery. See our VMware SRM vs. Veritas System Recovery report.
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