We performed a comparison between Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The installation of Veeam Agent is straightforward."
"This is a reliable system that supports Veeam backup and recovery for Windows."
"I love Veeam because it is very easy to work with."
"I like working on the Azure platform."
"The solution is meeting all of our client's requirements. It has good performance."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a VMware environment."
"The Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is easy to use and performing a recovery is easy to do."
"Application awareness is very good and the speed of this solution is good."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"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."
"The flexibility is very good."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"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."
"A lower price would always be beneficial."
"An area that this solution could be improved would be with the licensing."
"Updating and configuration can sometimes be a little bit of a hassel, but once you know the product better it is easy to use."
"I've found a lot of difficulties on the initial setup and especially in terms of credentials. We really need a Window OS. It doesn't like the domain admin account. it's a primary permission issue."
"The solution lacks instant recovery."
"It is not always easy to update this solution to the newer version, so the update process needs to be improved."
"I would like to have more flexibility in terms of reporting details about the backup."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"Currently, the solution does not have the capability to restore a single mailbox, so you lose a lot of time having to restore for example ten mailboxes just to recover one."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
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Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] writes "Functional application availability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery.
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