Veritas NetBackup Valuable Features
SunilPanigrahi
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
The features in Veritas NetBackup that I have found most valuable include the connectivity and channels between different sites, from the data center to disaster recovery sites, where we duplicate from our main data center to other disaster recovery sites.
I find the deduplication and compression features in Veritas NetBackup useful for optimized storage, as we are saving a lot of space in our disk appliance as well as in the tape media. We use both platforms, online and offline, where online goes to disk appliance and the offline goes to tape media, and in both cases we are using deduplication and compression.
In my opinion, the main benefits Veritas NetBackup provides are that it is a unified platform where we can integrate all the requirements such as online backup, offline backup, and virtualization backup in one single platform, although my only concern is the licensing structure.
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Ibrahim Jekhine
Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
We use Veritas NetBackup for normal backup operations. Although we do not utilize its deduplication technology or cloud integration, we can trigger storage actions with NetBackup, but the main technology we use is storage-oriented rather than backup-oriented.
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John Chege
Head Of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Veritas NetBackup handles all those different backup types in a pretty straightforward manner, especially with VMware and the databases; I simply work with the APIs and things work seamlessly. It is a solid, reliable solution.
I have found Veritas NetBackup to be the most reliable backup solution I have worked with so far. Being a solution architect with a portfolio of solutions to offer to customers, I have found it to be very reliable and it simply stands out when called upon.
In my opinion, the best features Veritas NetBackup offers include the fantastic new user interface and the simplicity when it comes to working with the appliances, which is straightforward. The new interface has changed my day-to-day work compared to the older version by allowing me to access it from anywhere, and I have so much information in a very simple interface, requiring fewer clicks to achieve what I needed before.
I love the way Veritas NetBackup is security-aware and how they are evolving to become a security company with the merger with Cohesity. Veritas NetBackup has positively impacted our organization as I am a reseller, and it forms the biggest part of what I resell; it is my bread and butter. I have seen value delivered to customers I sold Veritas NetBackup to because they now have a reliable solution that they can always depend on, allowing CIOs to sleep better.
The measurable outcomes and feedback I have seen from my customers after deploying Veritas NetBackup include the peace of mind CIOs and the people dealing with business continuity receive due to the reliability that it provides to them; it really gives them a lot of comfort and they can sleep well.
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Veritas NetBackup
January 2026
Learn what your peers think about Veritas NetBackup. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
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Rizwan Islam
Deputy Director IT at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
The features of Veritas NetBackup that are most useful for us involve different backup scenarios such as huge contents, including our file server repositories.
We have to write that backup on the tape media, which is why we observe that Veritas NetBackup is a very strong product in these areas.
Regarding granular recovery, we sometimes use certain files, specifically accidentally deleted or required files from the backups, in maintaining data continuity. The feature is effective and works every time.
The interface in Veritas NetBackup is very friendly and useful, and it has been standard during the last 10 years. We are very used to this interface and do not feel any complications.
Veritas NetBackup is basically a single product which fulfills all the technical requirements specifically required for the backup job or the backup domain. It supports multi platforms, multi applications, and multiple hardware at the same time, so we generally feel it is a full feature solution.
Most importantly, they have very tight integration at a very granular level, and recently we inducted another product Veritas File System in our environment because we have an issue with huge content data, so we have optimized the problem of that data by using the Veritas File System VxFS.
Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution for us. It is a very comprehensive solution that can manage numerous backups, and we already have a somewhat complicated environment in which backups are first written on the backup appliance and then moved to tape, and everything is managed through Veritas NetBackup very easily.
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Andre Isaacs
ICT Director at a government with 10,001+ employees
The simulation engine is highly valuable as it allows us to simulate what a failure would be like and generate reports. This feature eliminates the need to run through actual failures, saving time and effort. Additionally, the latest version supports Windows 2022.
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Storemgr67
Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Its ability to cover a large spectrum of products and operating systems is invaluable. We evaluated other products but always found certain limitations like some products had only intel-based virtualization, while others had power servers.
But this product offers cross-platform recovery, which is a major advantage over other products.
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Wesam Qashou
Senior Systems Engineer at a government with 10,001+ employees
Veritas NetBackup is a popular solution, so there are many troubleshooting forums available, even when we don't have access to technical support.
The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed. We have a full backup and a golden image.
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N'GUESSAN E R
Senior Presales Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature is replication because, using NetBackup replication, we can have disaster recovery of the data we have.
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reviewer2344158
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Disaster recovery primarily involves backup usage. We employ it for both backup and recovery purposes. The backup and recovery processes have been executed multiple times, even restoring data from backups created three to four years ago.
We use the deduplication feature in Veritas NetBackup. This feature helps us to compress the information, especially when utilizing appliances, helping with our storage usage. It has been very beneficial for us. The feature has resulted in significant space savings, especially when performing daily full backups for various applications.
The product itself includes all the necessary database and data security features. Initially associated with Symantec, even after being separated, it retains all its security capabilities independently.
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Jochen Tytgat
Owner
The backup to any point in time is great.
It's not out of the box; you can customize it and choose various ways to have it running. Between data centers, you can choose how to implement your backups.
They are a worldwide organization and it's always possible to contact them, day or night.
We were able to witness the benefits of using the solution within weeks of using it.
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Nuno Maia
Backup administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Veritas NetBackup is currently one of the most professional products in the area. It is compatible with my features, and what I like most is it is a professional product. It supports all kinds of technologies, and I consider it one of the best backup products available. Its versatility and compatibility with multiple systems are its best features.
I am particularly impressed by its compatibility and the granular backup and restore options. The storage connection is also excellent. NetBacku’s compatibility, stability, and catalog management capabilities are what stand out the most.
I like that the solution is compatible with many features and technologies. Specific strengths include granular backup and restore, as well as compatibility with storage, along with its stability and the way it catalogs data.
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Kolawole Ariyo
Senior Specialist at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The backup and restore features are helpful.
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Bader Hussein.
IT Specialist at a government with 11-50 employees
Veritas NetBackup provides good backup performance, and I can mount the snapshot without an installer. This allows me to browse the backup for specific files I need to recover without searching through all the data.
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CanBolat
Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
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Hossein Binandeh
CTO at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
We can easily expand the ability of the solution.
It's great that we can have a backup for the server architecture.
It works with various solutions, including VMware, SolarWinds, and all the OS you can imagine.
The solution centralizes everything. I can do everything from one pane of glass.
If we want to, we can work with tape and make libraries for offline backups. We can do off-site backups and work with cloud services as well.
This is a solution you can rely on. You are sure when you have a backup. When you need to restore, it's always successful. There are no inconsistency issues.
It easily adjusts to your future needs. If you want to, you can easily change your license. You don't need to change your backup solution. It's also easy to add features.
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Ismail Turhan
IT Manager at a university with 501-1,000 employees
The most valuable feature of Veritas NetBackup is the protection policies or protection module.
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Giap Seng Tay
Senior IT Manager at a maritime company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Veritas NetBackup is a reliable, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy solution.
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AsiyeYigit
CTO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Veritas NetBackup is very user-friendly and has some good quick recovery features. The solution also provides some features via the cloud that may provide some good opportunities for our customers.
The most important thing for backup solutions is not just to back up the data but also to recover it quickly and correctly. Veritas NetBackup's recovery is very fast and quick for our customers.
Tasos Skaltsas
IT Systems Engineer at a maritime company with 501-1,000 employees
The backup speed is extremely high and the simplicity of NetBackup is commendable. If configured correctly, it runs without problems. It is also notable for ensuring data availability and smooth replication to a disaster recovery site.
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CatherineAkinwolere
Data Center Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The tool's most valuable feature is backups.
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Hassna Kaibous
Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The solution offers the hardware and the software at the same time. It is the main advantage.
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Suresh Pathipatti
Senior Information Technology Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I like NetBackup's anomaly detection and Linux storage features.
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Ismail Dhasthageer
Ict System Support Administrator at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
The solution offers encryption for the backup, so we prefer that.
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Pujianto Pujianto
Team Lead, Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The desktop product is very fast. The troubleshooting is very good. It gives helpful logs and status codes so that we can troubleshoot more easily, especially compared to other products.
Masood Hussain
System Administrator at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature from Veritas NetBackup is the data is very easy to backup. It is similar to VMware. They recently introduced a cloud feature that is useful.
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Sr Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable features of the solution are basic backup and recovery. It's a very solid product. Standard backup recovery, that's pretty much it. Other than that, they do some good database stuff, but otherwise, it's somewhat antiquated.
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Dalai B
Senior DBA at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The backup and restore functions are very valuable aspects of the product. We use those features the most.
The solution is very stable.
The scalability is very good.
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Senior Backup Engineer at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
It has been around for so long, and it is very in-depth. It has a solution for everything that you can cover.
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MANPREET CHANIAAN
IT Ops at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
The Dedup and file storage is great and very valuable.
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Mir-Ali
Infrastructure Manager - Oracle SCM at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
It covers all kinds of different architectures. Plus, it's very user-friendly and it is very reliable. Reliability is the most important thing because once the backup is done, if it is successful, then we're sure that it was successful and we will be able to restore it.
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General Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Veritas enterprise has many agents who perform the backup, whether it is a consistent backup or recorded backup. The solution has everything from the snapshot to the multiple database agents.
View full review »Tasos Skaltsas
IT Systems Engineer at a maritime company with 501-1,000 employees
The backup and restore features work very well.
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Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature for us is the NDMP.
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Head IT at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I am comfortable with using this product.
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Nitin Mandlik
Senior Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I have found the Media Server Deduplication tool, deployment policies, and agentless features to be the most valuable features.
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IT admin at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
We consider the backup capabilities to be very good.
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Johnny Bozeman
Principal at a venture capital & private equity firm with 51-200 employees
In terms of most valuable features, I like the fact that if you have a bunch of backups, NetBackup gives you the ability to have one master and multiple media servers. What that means is you can have a bunch of sites that all have libraries and you have one master server that controls all the functionality of all the jobs. You don't have to deploy a standup NetBackup solution at each site. You can just deploy the media version for their tape library and have one master server that controls all the jobs.
What I also like about NetBackup, as opposed to most solutions like Rubrik and Cohesity, which don't really support backing up to tape environments, is that NetBackup does. If you are running on a legacy tape environment NetBackup is best. Most of the guys I've seen that use NetBackup have a tape environment.
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Executive Vice President - Operations at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Most of our requirements have been met. It was especially useful with the appliances we use on a daily basis.
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Nigel Judkins
Infrastructure Delivery Manager at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
The feature that is most useful for us is that it backs up every application that we own.
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Karthik-C
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I like the NetBackup Appliance form factor, where your data is 99.9% safe because unauthorized people cannot log in and execute commands. It requires an admin password and includes IDS and IPS features. I also like the integration with third parties and third party applications, like instant recovery and instant access of the VMs and SQL data.
Giap Seng Tay
Senior IT Manager at a maritime company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Overall the solution is very good. It's a lovely appliance.
They are among the top in the world for backup and recovery.
The solution is very robust. It covers most of the features that I need and it's able to back up legacy items efficiently.
Technically, it's quite good.
We've found the scalability to be very good.
The stability and performance are excellent.
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Roopesh Mohabeer
Senior Systems Support Analyst at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
This is a product that has been on the market for a while and they have mastered the backup process, especially when backing up to tape, for most environments.
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Whitney Gray
Storage Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It allows us to back up our data. That's really the only feature we really use. I like that it's enterprise-capable. It can handle multiple operating systems. It can handle multiple database types. It can handle a lot of different backup use cases. It's flexible.
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Bhaskar Venkat Kota
Sr. System Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
This is a product that I recommend for enterprise environments with mixed servers.
It supports Unix, Linux, Solaris, and AIX servers very well. It supports multiple, heterogeneous platforms.
This is a good product for backing up Oracle databases.
The interface is very easy to navigate. I could step away from the product and not use it for two years, then return and find that I can easily navigate all of the features.
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System Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
We are quite satisfied with the performance and reliability of the NetBackup product. When it comes to specific features, the most valuable is the Instant Recovery feature, which we call "short-term IR". Instant Recovery allows users to spin up backup images and bring back any VM instantly.
It is called a short-term recovery option because once the backup image has been spun up, the end user can extract whatever data is needed from the image and bring it back into production. This is definitely the most-valued feature for our customers.
reviewer1510686
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The virtual SAN is good. All backup products have the same features but it's all about your ability with the code when you are using them. It's durable — we achieve what we expect from it.
it_user1329306
Vice President of Information Technology at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Deduplication is quite efficient. It is not a complex product. It is quite simple.
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Senior IT Infrastructure Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature is the ease of use. It is very easy to back up and recover files compared to other products.
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Sivathiban Krishnamurtthu
Service Delivery Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The most useful aspect of this solution is the MSDP, the Media Server Deduplication Pool. I like how they do the compression that they do, and how it helps move it to a safe space.
The initial setup is pretty straightforward.
The solution has been very good over the years at fine-tuning various aspects of the product so that it is continuously made better.
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Head of IS at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I like the cross-platform features.
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Senior Systems Support Analyst at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
The value of this solution is that it's a complete solution and the fact that we can do almost every standard process including backups, is interesting and better than the competition. Everything is under one console as opposed to some of the other solutions whereby you can use them to do key backups but when it comes to the client you can't monitor everything on the console. This product is already compatible with most of our servers, it's already doing backup on disc, on tapes, on other peer servers.
reviewer1295913
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Overall, the solution is great. We have no complaints in terms of the quality it provides.
We have been using Veritas NetBackup in our environment for the past 10 years. Although the features don't change much, it's extremely user friendly for us. We have widely deployed the solution as our sole backup solution for the past few years.
The solution offers a lot of really great features that organizations can utilize and take advantage of.
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Customer Solution Architect, IT Outsourcing & Cloud Computing Services at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The VM portal and the CloudCatalyst are two of the solution's most valuable features.
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靚瑜 蔡
Associate Provost, AVP at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The solution is easy to learn.
We review all of our policies. There are some policies with different names that are the same, but we cannot distinguish between them. There are use cases where jobs overlap. We view the IT analysis dashboard to facilitate the review of these types of jobs. From the information we obtained from our sales team, it offers a single view for managing all NetBackup jobs, including those on the cloud and in our IDC. Additionally, it includes security features, and handling antivirus issues. It offers a more cost-effective rate, which can help us reduce storage space. We have a single node for recovery practice.
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Backup System Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Its ability to comprehensively back up our entire environment is the most valuable. It provides us with the versatility to back up everything we require which eliminates the need for a secondary backup solution. What we value most is its universality. In a landscape where various software solutions often fall short, especially when it comes to backing up complex systems like SAP, having a single product that covers all our needs is a game-changer. This simplicity not only streamlines operations but also eliminates the need for multiple training and certifications for different tools.
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Eddie Nyimbwa
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The tool's information transfer and patching up is easy. The solution offers protection from ransomware which is also a valuable feature.
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Senior Account Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It includes many features and has all of the features that other solutions have.
I think this is the best backup solution that we have. It is very good for the infrastructure.
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Account manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The most valuable features are the ability to create a trust relationship and historical reports.
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Senior Solutions Sales Consultant at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
I like NetBackup's accelerator feature. You can take a full backup with incremental speed and integrate it with block tracking.
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Amin Anwar
Sr. Technical Support Engineer at a tech company with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature is that you don't need any special connectivity - you just need to give your seller name, and then it automatically discovers all your virtual machines, which is a great benefit, especially in a bigger environment.
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Trainee em T.I. at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The backup aspect of the solution is the most valuable aspect of the solution.
The product is quite flexible.
The product is stable and reliable.
reviewer957039
Systems Administrator at a logistics company with 51-200 employees
We believe that everything Veritas NetBackup offers, including backups, snapshots, deduplication, and replication, is valuable.
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Nicco Putra
Alliance Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Veritas NetBackup's best feature is its three-tier backup, which makes the process a lot faster. I have also found their duplication feature to be valuable, as it allows duplication in the client side, a media server side, or in OST storage. The product also has a lot of compatibility with platforms.
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Symantec Business Critical Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The main thing I like about NetBackup is CloudPoint. You can take a snapshot of the endpoint and back it up with CloudPoint. The data backups are the most important. I also like how Veritas has simplified the GUIs. There are a lot of security features in place already around the connection as well as many intelligent policies and a pure understanding of the cloud policies, so it's direct compared to many others.
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Mahdi Bahmani
Solution Architect, IT Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Veritas integrates well with the cloud, all databases, all operating systems, all hardware, and all software. Veritas also has solid malware and ransomware protection features. From time to time, we face a new kind of attack, and Veritas has always proven to be the best protection solution for some of my customers. Our customers who have faced ransomware attacks were able to recover their data in less than one day without any stress. Veritas is ransomware resilient and because of its implementation, it is not dependent on the operating system to work. Most of the functions of the Veritas software are isolated from the operating system and it's not dependent on the operating systems involved. This is very important. When some of our operating systems are infected by a virus, Veritas still works perfectly and protects our data. This feature is very well implemented in Veritas NetBackup.
Main features of Veritas NetBackup are:
Log management and truncation.
Third-party integrations.
Hypervisor aware.
Physical and virtual protection.
Cloud system security.
API integration.
Database consistency preservation.
Integrated appliance.
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Mohammad Hassan Jaghel
System Engineer at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I like the virtual server backup.
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Systems Architect at a paper AND forest products with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Amine Koulali Idrissi
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The main features of this solution are deduplication, compression, ease of use, simplistic user interface, and compatibility with all the backup service systems.
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Desktop Support Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution is very easy to use and easy to navigate.
There's a very nice central console for the administration of all of the instances.
The solution is stable.
We find the product scales well.
Customer support is very quick to respond.
The initial setup is pretty straightforward.
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Advisor - Solution Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The deduplication feature is useful. Deduplication and compression features are what I like about NetBackup.
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Information Technology Infrastructure Team Lead at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The most valuable feature is flexibility. The flexibility to deploy according to the customer's needs. It allows you to add one server and the flexibility to add more servers, in case you want to increase your workloads.
It has good documentation and support. It has good online communication with support.
It has the flexibility to get the experience required to manage and solve any issue related to the product.
The product itself has good functionalities with virtual environments, such as Hyper-V and VMware.
It can protect almost all databases, such as Cyber databases, and Oracle.
It also has the flexibility to install and configure backups for physical and virtual servers at once.
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Jose Ortega
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Veritas released a new feature in version 8 of NetBackup called VRP. It's kind of like replication management from VMware.
The great thing about this feature is that Veritas gave it to us for free.
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Domain architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I think NetBackup has vast coverage, and I think that's why it's a great product.
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Mac Wang
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It is easy to use, and you can run it with all kinds of client software environments. It works well with the most popular software, file systems, and operating systems. It is very useful to us.
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Ahmed Sabry
Team Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I have found it to be the simplest solution on the market. It gives us a complete end to end solution. We are using this solution, Veritas Appliance and another one for access archiving. It is convenient to have all the support from one vendor.
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Saravanan Jaganathan
Backup & Storage Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
The features are good.
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Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
This product is flexible enough to allow for backing up data from physical machines, as well as from your cloud environment.
There is support for a lot of applications.
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Wail Khachfa
Network and Security Specialist at a government with 51-200 employees
The solution has many great features, particularly the feature they provide for deduplication. They have also recently included a new feature on the interface, where you can connect remotely and get any report, rather than having to check the solution through the server. They have different solutions for different things, so if you need to back up, for example, they have a solution for backing up on cloud or on-premise.
it_user1139322
System Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
It is a good solution. It covers most of the applications.
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Engineer consultant at a legal firm with 51-200 employees
It has a very good user interface.
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Solutions Platform Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
It's a good product, it does what we want it to do. It has a 99.8% backup success rate, and it runs 24,000 jobs per day.
We like all of the features.
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Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature is the ease of use. NetBackup is very easy for end-users.
We have never had a problem restoring data.
NetBackup has all of the features that you would expect. It includes differential and incremental backups, snapshots, virtual backup, backing up to the cloud, and backing up on-premises.
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SergeySenkov
System IT and Technologies Field Manager at a wellness & fitness company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature is its stability.
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Senior DBA Sql Server, Oracle at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature is the trouble-free operation, as we have not had many problems with it.
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Ecosystem Solution Architect Lead for UK, Ireland, Arfica at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable aspect of the solution for our clients, obviously, is security. It backs up Microsoft SQL Server very well.
The solution offers very good storage efficiency, so there's excellent compression and deduplication within the product that our clients really appreciate.
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Manager, Infrastructure & Support at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
I like this solution, it's quite easy to use because of the friendly graphical user interface. It's easy to create policies and to do installs.
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IT Consultant at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The most valuable features are:
- The VMware VADP backups
- The support for data domains
Wesam Qashou
Senior Systems Engineer at a government with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable features of this solution are performance and support.
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Tri Nguyen
Technical Specialist, Data Center and Cloud with 11-50 employees
Veritas NetBackup Automatic Image Replication and CloudCatalyst features allow me to replicate deduped backup images from one site to a remote site, as well as duplicating deduped images to the Cloud (i.e. AWS S3, etc.)
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Hitesh Chopra
IT Solutions Provider at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
It is very easy to perform a backup, and then verify whether it has been properly completed or not.
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Carl Parker
Works
The support of a large number of different operating systems and applications.
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Abuzaid Saad
Head, IT Network, Security & Data Center at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
It has a long backup journey but fortunately, application awareness is very good starting from MS products, database, etc.
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Vladimir Yakunin
Chief ingeneer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is less bulky.
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Reviewer23
IT Infrastructure Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
The most valuable feature is that it is basically a replica of our SAN data. We archive the SAN data for recovery, if there is an issue on the fence.
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SysA560465
Systems Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Its most valuable features are flexibility and reliability.
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Vuong Doan
Storage and Backup Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
I am not interested in any features because I have worked with all of the backup solutions that are now available in the market.
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Linux, Backup and Storage Administrator with 10,001+ employees
- Backup compatibility with most of the existing, legacy, and emerging softwares, filesystems, databases, and technologies.
- User-friendliness.
- Ease of installing, configuring, upgrading, and troubleshooting.
- Support services.
- Features like deduplication, FlashBackup, GRT, BMR, snapshot backups for virtual machines, cloud backup integration, duplication, and AIR (Auto Image Replication) feature.
it_user720495
EMEA L3 Backup Integration/Build Team Leader / SME at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
it_user184899
Support Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
- TAR importing
- Scriptable scheduling
- Central catalog
- Local and remote backup
- DLO: Client for laptops
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Reda Hassan
Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees
- Wide systems could be backup/restored; multiple databases, Granular restore capabilities for individual MS-Exchange Emails and normal folders/files
- NDMP backup capability for NAS storage
- Virtual environment backup/restore capabilities
- OST backup capabilities
- Could be used for both of Physical and Virtual Environments.
it_user405480
Service Delivery Manager - Storage & Backup at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The Replication Director, Auto Image Replication, Accelerator, Oracle Intelligent Policy, synthetic and VADP backups are the most valuable features.
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Systems Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Deduplication is the most valuable feature as it reduces the backup time and provides backup of a single copy of data as opposed to multiple versions of the same file.
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Nikolay Gorbunov
Lead Engineer at a integrator with 201-500 employees
You can construct a comprehensive robust backup solution based on NetBackup. Management of such a solution will not be an ultimate challenge. I can rely on this product if I need a restore.
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Jayson Martin
Head IT Data Storage at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The client side deduplication reduces the backup window.
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Backup Administration Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Its most valuable feature is probably the variety of features it has. You have the ability to perform a lot of actions with a single software solution. Specific features that I could not do without are SLPs for replication and duplication control and AIR which makes DR easy.
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Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Management interface was simple to use once understood.
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CIO at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
It offers everything I need from a backup system. I am completely sure that all my data is backed up.
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Engineer with 51-200 employees
Stability, easy troubleshooting
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Sr. Tech Lead with 5,001-10,000 employees
Easily integrated with Claude
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John Chege
Head Of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The reliability is valuable, especially for the appliance solution. Additionally, the resilience features help guard against threats such as ransomware.
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Azleen Ismail
Presales Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The tool provides recovery. The support for their legacy software is very good.
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