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Veritas Backup Exec pros and cons

Vendor: Veritas
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Veritas Backup Exec provides robust backup and restore capabilities that are highly appreciated by users.
It offers compatibility with various backup devices, ensuring seamless integration across different platforms.
The software excels in backup potential, including comprehensive support for both physical and cloud environments.
Scalability is a key feature, allowing easy growth with additional licenses and flexible deployment options.
Veritas Backup Exec is recommended for its straightforward setup and reliable performance in mission-critical scenarios.

CONS

Veritas Backup Exec's pricing model needs improvement as it is considered high, and charges by port usage add to the cost.
The licensing process of Veritas Backup Exec is confusing, making it difficult for users to navigate effectively, especially with complex environments.
Veritas Backup Exec lacks robust support for advanced cloud integration, limiting direct cloud storage utilization for backups.
Performance issues with Veritas Backup Exec have been noted, with backup jobs taking a long time and hanging on selection items.
Veritas Backup Exec's deduplication and analytics features require enhancements to provide better efficiency and detail in reporting.
 

Veritas Backup Exec Pros review quotes

it_user213000 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Specialist at a tech services company
Jun 30, 2017
For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application.
it_user424638 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 12, 2017
The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices.
it_user83073 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company
Jul 13, 2017
It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago.
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RB
Data Protection and Risk IT Specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 21, 2017
One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically.
it_user708483 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 24, 2017
Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly.
DK
Pre-Post Sales Engineer at Exclusive Networks Asia
Mar 6, 2018
The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms.
MS
Analyst - Microsoft Technologies at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 22, 2018
We are satisfied with the stability of the product.
it_user966060 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 19, 2018
It is a good backup tool.
MA
System Administrator at Abdullah Al-Othaim Markets
Mar 12, 2019
One nice feature with Backup Exec is mainly that disaster can happen to any server and the disk image can be destroyed very easily. It's also easy to fully email the backup image and restore the server.
ServiceE328e - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Engineer with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 29, 2019
This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V.
 

Veritas Backup Exec Cons review quotes

it_user213000 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Specialist at a tech services company
Jun 30, 2017
It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement.
it_user424638 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 12, 2017
More stable environment in a WAN infrastructure.
it_user83073 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company
Jul 13, 2017
They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing.
Learn what your peers think about Veritas Backup Exec. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2025.
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RB
Data Protection and Risk IT Specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 21, 2017
There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media.
it_user708483 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 24, 2017
Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI.
DK
Pre-Post Sales Engineer at Exclusive Networks Asia
Mar 6, 2018
Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added.
MS
Analyst - Microsoft Technologies at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 22, 2018
It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required.
it_user966060 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 19, 2018
I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data.
MA
System Administrator at Abdullah Al-Othaim Markets
Mar 12, 2019
Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process.
ServiceE328e - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Engineer with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 29, 2019
This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server.