Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] Reviews

This solution is used for our private clients and customers. It is used for data protection in a data center.

The interface of this solution is quite good. 

We use all of the features that this solution offers to us. There is not one more specific than the other, so it is difficult to just select one feature as we are satisfied with all that is offered in this solution.

There is no trouble or lack of features within this solution, which is the reason we have chosen this solution to work with.

An area that this solution could be improved would be with the licensing.

This solution is quite stable. If a process or a service fails it is not always an issue of the instability of the solution itself. You can have some trouble with the infrastructure that lies right below the product itself.

They release periodic updates that sometimes fix bugs or glitches.

With our latest licensing, we have had no problem with scalability.

I have had recent experience or contact with technical support and I have no complaints. They work well and reply within a short time. 

Previously we used Nakivo, Veeam Backup and Replication, and Veeam Agent for Linux.

The deployment method is normally on-premises. 

For the most part, the setup is straightforward, depending on the solution that we implement for the customer. The complexities would depend on the customization.

The deployment time varies depending on the difficulties after implementation. A day after the implementation you have to do some fine-tuning activities. The tuning activities depend on the project. Sometimes you can implement and leave it with the customer as it is, whereas at other times it requires more tuning activities. When that happens you can expect that it will take days.

There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, and pricing can be a disadvantage or a weakness for this solution.

The monitoring of the management tools that you find embedded within the package that you buy, is quite enough. It's enough to manage a typical installation. 

If you need anything else then you will add onto the package that you buy. Moving from a standard to an enterprise version, you will add more features.

We are partners and resellers of Veeam Software.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten. I would recommend it, it is practically perfect.

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. 

I am a senior backup and recovery administrator and I am concentrating on these solutions.

This solution was deployed in a private cloud environment. We have switched to Commvault from this solution due to problems arising from its use with Hyper-V.

This solution is very compatible with the virtual environment.

Application awareness is very good and the speed of this solution is good.

We can power on the virtual machine from the backup site, without having to move it to the main site.

This solution provides the best storage value.

The interface is very easy to use.

This solution has many issues with the VSS (Volume Snapshot Service) when working with the Hyper-V solution. They are related to networking and a need to restart the host.

The stability of this solution needs to be improved.

We used it with windows server 2012 R2 and we faced many problems related to the VSS service, the backup failed due to some issues with the VSS service and the solution was to restart not the service but the host totally to back again in full function. it was very bad situation especially we are talking about Hyper-V host with many production machines.

Honestly, i ca't be sure that the reason in veeam, may be in the window.

This solution is not as stable as some others that I have used, such as Commvault and Veritas NetBackup.

This is a scalable solution.

Technical support for this solution is very good. They care about the customers and their needs.

I have worked with many backup solutions over the years, including:

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM TSM)
• HP Data Protector (now Micro Focus Data Protector)
• Symantec NetBackup (now Veritas NetBack, nine years experience)
• Veeam (four years)
  

The problems that we were experiencing using this solution led us to switch to Commvault. We spent some time researching the best solutions for the Nutanix environment, and we concluded that Commvault was the best choice.

I am aware that a new version of Veeam has since been released, but we needed a backup solution for Hyper-V and Nutanix. 

The initial setup of this solution is easy for a technical person.

If you are using a virtual environment, are concerned with application awareness, and want a solution that is easy to use and administrate, then I recommend using this product. 

In general, it depends on the environment.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for backup and restore purposes.

So far, I've found the solution to be easy to use. It's fast and reliable as well. I can access whatever I need on very short notice.

Also, with Veeam I don't need to install Agent on every machine, unlike Veritas, one of its competitors. This makes it a more efficient solution.

So far, the solution has been working very well for us.

Maybe in the future, they could do something better with the user interface and the performance, but so far it's a really good, efficient solution.

The solution is still new to us, but so far I haven't faced any stability issues.

Technical support has been good. I haven't needed them so far, but they did ask if I wanted help with the implementation and the deployment. I didn't need anything, but they were very friendly. 

The initial setup was straightforward. It was very easy. Deployment only took about one hour with configuration and everything considered.

We are using the solution for different types of software, including Windows, Linux, SQL databases, etc. We use the on-premises deployment model. We have five or six administrators using the model currently.

I would rate this solution ten out of ten. I'd recommend it to others.

We are a solution provider and we supply backup solutions to our clients. This solution is used for backing up Windows Servers. We do not use it in-house.

We are using an on-premises deployment model.

I have found that this solution has many good points.

The problems with this solution are generally tied to the Windows environment.

I would like to have a more automated installation process.

We have no complaints about the stability of this solution.

We only work in a small environment, so scalability is not something that we have had to address.

I have never needed to contact technical support.

Veritas was the leader in the market perhaps ten years ago. But since that time, many other companies like Veeam have come to the front. Veeam is a really good software application, whereas Veritas is a very complex product.

The initial setup of this solution is simple and it is very quick to deploy.

We use and evaluate many different backup and recovery solutions.

This is a good product with a simple environment. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I use the Veeam backup solution for our VR infrastructure.

We are using the on-premises deployment model.

The most valuable features are the flexibility and stability of the product.

The technical support is also very good.

If I'm trying to locate an item to restore from one of the backups, I would appreciate the ability to perform a global search on the catalog. This includes all backups from the entire infrastructure.

I would like to have more flexibility in terms of reporting details about the backup. Specifically, I would like to get it from the whole infrastructure, instead of each one of the jobs.

We use this solution on a daily basis.

For our needs, this solution is very scalable. We have approximately four hundred users.

I am very satisfied with the technical support and availability.

The initial setup of this solution is very straightforward. The deployment took a few hours.

Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis.

This is a solution that I recommend.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We use the solution for disaster recovery of backups and applications.

The solution's most valuable features are performance and stability.

There should also be an option to use the solution for physical machines.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution.

We have been using Commvault for some time. It works well.

The solution's initial setup is straightforward. It takes around six hours to configure. The process includes knowing prerequisites, like the sizing of the environment, the bandwidth, the CPU, the RAM and the number of virtual machines, storage capacity, etc.

Our in-house team implemented the solution. We require four executives for its deployment and maintenance.

They provide subscription-based as well as yearly-based licenses for the solution. The costs are reasonable and as per industry standards.

The solution is straightforward to deploy. Once installed, it's easy to manage as well. I rate it an eight.