Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] Reviews

We are using it to back up the physical servers of our customers who are working on-prem. It is deployed in the environment of our customers. We are using its latest version.

It is good and easy to use for backing up physical servers. It is working fine, and it is stable and scalable.

It fulfills our needs in terms of features. In terms of improvements, they can maybe improve its documentation.

I have been using this solution for six years.

It is stable.

It is scalable. We can install it on all servers or whichever server we want. 

We have 20 users in our organization. We are using this product, but I don't think that we will increase its usage because there are not many physical servers. There are more virtual servers, and we use this product mostly for the physical servers. 

I never had to create a support ticket for this solution.

I used IBM Tivoli when I was working with IBM.

It is a cloud solution. There is no installation.

We have a cloud provider agreement with Veeam. We are also paying for the agent.

I would recommend this solution. I would rate Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows a nine out of ten. It is a good solution.

We are customers of Veeam Agent and I'm the VP of technology. 

I think the solution is reasonably priced. Veeam also has good security. 

Some users might think the interface could be improved. It's a subjective thing, I'm fine with it. 

We've been using this solution for six months. 

Stability is not an issue, it has been working pretty nicely. They have on the wire encryption and that's good enough for us.

The integrator takes care of any technical issues. 

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. We have a few Microsoft 2016 servers we are using, so it's basically installed on that. We used an integrator for the deployment. We have four people from my IT department using this solution. Most are involved with the main database segment and backup recovery. We may increase usage in the future but not right now. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

We are resellers for Veeam Agent and more people are buying it for Microsoft Windows. They are buying Veeam Agent for Windows as a solution for allowing and maximizing the performance of Veeam for Windows and they are also buying Veeam as a product. These agents are very popular. We sell Veeam Agent to 50% of the Windows customers looking for a backup and recovery system and we sell other products to the other 50%.  

The most valuable part of Veeam from my perspective is the product's ease-of-use.  

I do not think that I can be specific about certain things that Veeam needs to do to improve. They just need to continue the development to follow trends in the industry, the development of the Microsoft operating system, and incorporate new functionalities into the Veeam Agent to keep the product competitive in the market.  

The situation with the Veeam Agent for Windows is pretty much the same as for the Veeam Agent for Linux. Agents use the functionality of the operating systems to keep a record of the platform in a stable state. They make a snapshot of the operating system and then can release or replace the state of the operating system to a stable state from the snapshot if it becomes unstable.  

The difference in the products is just the need to follow the requirements of the OS version where it is deployed.  

We have been selling Veeam for a long time so I do not know exactly, but it is about seven or eight years.  

The product has to be stable to be functional and useful. It is functional and useful so it is stable.  

The initial setup of Veeam Agent for Windows is as straightforward as with Veeam Agent for Linux. Both are fairly easy to set up and it does not take a long time. The deployment engine is essentially the same with both Linux and Windows.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows as either a zero or a ten. The product is either working or it is not working. When it is not working, it is not doing its job and it is a zero. All the other times when it is working, it is a ten.  

It is black or white. It is very simple to rate. It is a ten virtually all of the time because it is working.  

We use this solution for backing up the machines in our company. It is an on-premises deployment.

I love Veeam because it is very easy to work with. Prior to using the Veeam agents, we had problems with our backups.

It is not always easy to update this solution to the newer version, so the update process needs to be improved. It can be a pain.

In the network discovery, we still have to use the agents for some machines.

With respect to stability, we have never had a problem with it.

We have had no problems with scalability. It is very easy.

I am responsible for the backups, and we are currently backing up about fifty machines.

Technical support for this solution is very good.

The initial setup of this solution was straightforward.

We purchased a three-year license, and I think that the prices are ok.

This solution has got all of the functionality that I need in order to work with it. It is easy to create backups and it is always successful.

We still have to use the agents for some machines. This could be solved by not installing agents and having the network discovery done by the solution.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for backups and VR.

The solution has a replication feature that allows us to do the VR. It's very good.

The user interface is good. It provides a lot of information.

The solution needs continuous data protection; something that allows for continuity. If one site is failing, the other site can come up so everything keeps going. The data protection should be continuous rather than schedule-based.

The predictability of the solution needs improvement. Sometimes, if it's doing something at the back end, it may go slow. Today, the backup completion took four hours, but sometimes it can do the backup in 30 minutes or an hour. With solutions like NetBackup, I can predict to a much higher degree of certainty how long something will take to complete.

The user interface is good, but occasionally the change rate of the visible information is a bit slow and provides the wrong guidance. For example, the visible bandwidth might refresh only after five minutes, so sometimes you're looking at incorrect details because the refresh hasn't happened yet. 

The stability of the solution is good. I would give it a rating of eight out of ten. I've seen some products, like NetBackup, that were a bit more reliable in terms of stability.

In terms of the solution's scalability, I haven't scaled it up to a hyper scaled solution yet, so I cannot really comment, but I would rate it nine out of ten.

I don't usually use technical support, so I don't have much experience with them.

The initial setup is complex.

I handled the implementation on my own. I'm an integrator.

Due to the unpredictable nature of how long a backup will take on the system, I can't really commit to Veeam. For an SMB, I might suggest Backup Exec as an alternative to Veeam. For an enterprise-level company, I would recommend NetBackup. I'd still recommend Veeam, but it would be based on specific customer requirements.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten.

The solution generally, is very sound. It's also free. We use a community edition. It saves a lot of costs for us.

I've found a lot of difficulties on the initial setup and especially in terms of credentials. We really need a Window OS and local admin account. It doesn't like the domain admin account. it's a primary permission issue. 

For the most part, the solution is very stable.

Scalability is good. We're in the process of scaling across our organization currently.

Technical support is good. They're very responsive. It depends on the timezone responding, but I usually get a response within three-four hours of creating a ticket.

The initial setup wasn't too complex. We just had issues around permissions. We're almost done the implementation. 

We handled the implementation ourselves.

We're saving a lot of money on costs right now since we've implemented the solution and we're using the community version.

We did evaluate other solutions but nothing is comparable to Veeam Community Edition in terms of license and limitation of Sockets and the number of VMs to be backup.

We are using the on-premises deployment model.

In terms of migration, it's a pretty good tool. It is pretty good at accepting data from legacy applications.

I would rate the solution eight out of ten.

Our primary use for the product is mostly for backup and associated features.

We think it improves our options for providing solutions for our clients.

My favorite feature in this solution is instant recovery, where you can recover a virtual machine in less than a minute. It is no trouble at all and works very well.

It is very easy to fix stuff with it and we have no problems at all.

Generally, I think it is a good product and there is not so much to add. There are a few places where it can be improved. One place where the product can be improved is the update time. Updating sometimes gives us a problem by taking too long or causing other problems. It's not as straightforward as it should be.

I would like to have an app for connecting with my mobile and my laptop. It would be nice if I can just look at it with a mobile device from home and more than one way to connect so I would not have to always use one device.

Veeam is very stable. We never have problems with stability.

It's not very scalable — or it should be easier to scale. You really have to get to know the product and to go into configuration details and research what each feature does. Once you have gotten used to it, it's very easy to use, but it is not so easy at first.

We did have a reason to call the tech support line once and they really helped us out. They did not waste time getting around to helping us and delivered a solution quickly. A fast turn-around from support is important. So, considering that experience, I am completely satisfied with the product's technical support.

We are encouraging clients to switch to Veeam because it is better than several other products we have recommended in the past. We mostly used to use Veritas Backup Exec. We think that Veeam is a better solution.

We found the initial setup to be pretty complex. I think it took us about a month to get the whole thing configured right in the initial installations.

We are consultants so generally, we do the implementations for ourselves and clients.

Because we buy licenses for a longer-term — in our case we have chosen to go with three years — that gives us a discount and it's not so expensive. The longer the term for your subscriptions the more discount you get per year. I think you can go anywhere from one to five years.

When we chose to move to Veeam we were really just comparing it to our previous solution which was Veritas Backup.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would you rate Veeam an eight. To me, this means that I would recommend it to all of our clients and we are in the process of taking most of our clients onto Veeam. It is a really, really good product, but it is not perfect. But we are recommending now to many of our clients that they move to Veeam when it is an appropriate time to change their licenses.

So far, Veeam is handling all the virtual machines for one client and another client is picking up twenty licenses. We have convinced them that it is a good product.

We mainly use this program for web applications.

I like working on the Azure platform.

I would like to see a more user-friendly installation process and better technical support. 

The troubleshooting for Windows needs to improve.

The solution is very stable.

The scalability is not very good - especially when I want to backup Microsoft Windows.

I am not very impressed by the technical support I received when I had an issue.

The initial setup was really straightforward and we did it ourselves. The installation, however, was very difficult and troublesome. 

I will recommend this program to others, and I rate this product an eight out of ten. Not a ten because of the bad technical support and difficult installing process.