IBM Storage Protect Plus vs. TBMR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Storage Protect Plus
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
IBM Storage Protect Plus (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect Plus) provides data recovery for virtual environments and databases.N/A
TBMR
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Recover machines directly from IBM Spectrum Protect backups TBMR allows users to perform a bare machine recovery of an operating system, applications and data direct from an IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) backup. The vendor describes this recovery as fast, and states it can be fully automated to protect critical systems from the consequences of physical damage, human error or system failure. Users can recover protected systems to any point in time provided by TSM.…
$725
per server
Pricing
IBM Storage Protect PlusTBMR
Editions & Modules
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Standard Licence
$725
per server
Reseller & Industry
discounted
per server
Multiple Servers
discounted
per server
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Storage Protect PlusTBMR
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIBM Spectrum Protect Plus is available in a monthly license or perpetual license.Please contact us for our competitive multiple server, industry and reseller discounts.
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Features
IBM Storage Protect PlusTBMR
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage Protect Plus
9.0
4 Ratings
10% above category average
TBMR
-
Ratings
Universal recovery10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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IBM Storage Protect PlusTBMR
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User Ratings
IBM Storage Protect PlusTBMR
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Storage Protect PlusTBMR
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Good for daily operational backups and their replications and areas like VM backup, when it comes to resting the backups in a cloud environment especially features like BYOL is an edge to IBM over its near competitors. On the other hand, a lot of scopes to improve to have native/application-aware backups for modern applications like AI and microservices.
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Cristie Software Ltd
During the Sandy storm, I was told to get over 200 servers ready in case we declare a disaster. I was able to spin over 190 servers in five days. I recovered servers using TBMR recovery. I restored each server using TBMR. After the server was restored at Sungard, I powered on the server without NIC to prevent a production issue with duplicate a name or IP. I validated each server after restore to make sure OS is working correctly and all data had been restored. I did not restore images due to the size of storage. Overall, it worked out and we were ready before Sandy struck. We did not go into disaster mode, but my management was impressed that this product worked as described.
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Pros
IBM
  • recovery
  • replication
  • retention
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Cristie Software Ltd
  • It works 99.9% all the time if you setup correctly. In some instance there was issue was disk was not able to read partition. I called support and upload the log file. They told me during recovery point to new modify file instead of reading from backup configuration. It work and able to recover quickly
  • The support is really great. They are always ready to help in any situation.
  • During Sandy storm, we mentioned our challenges. They told us there will two support engineer will be stand by for support any time. Just let them know when you need support.
  • Support is staff is very knowledgeable. They willing to go extra mile all the time
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Cons
IBM
  • Incorporation of more touchless agents for physical servers.
  • Direct offload to tape - instead of requiring Spectrum Protect.
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Cristie Software Ltd
  • There have been so bugs in the software. They provided me the next day with a temporary fix. In the next release, they will fix the bug permanenly.
  • As far as we use it, I do not see too much on functionality.
  • Setup is unique in every organization. It has been working well so far.
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Support Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
Cristie Software Ltd
Support is great. They go beyond the normal service. I called a few times in the middle of the night for support. I was not able to recover some machines. They called back with half an hour and worked through it with me. They wanted to make sure I was able to recover the server. They are always willing to help.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus doesn't allow taking backup of the Meditech HIMS application, due to the unique nature of the database and its functionality. As it's a special case, the vendor supports only a few fully integrated backup solutions which resulted in using Bridgehead as a trustable backup option specific to the application.
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Cristie Software Ltd
When I started TSM/Spectrum Protect over 13 years ago, disaster recovery was not funded to much. Once all regulatory requirements and auditing became more visible, management decided to start disaster recovery. I looked into one other BMR product. It required lots of manual processes to build WinPE iso images. I needed to build ISO images for each version of the TSM Client. At that time, we had over 350 Windows and Linux servers. There were over 10 different TSM Clients running. It was difficult to maintain all the different ISOs. I am only one admin doing the backup job and other duties. It was not possible to keep. I started to shop around for a different BMR solution for TSM. I came across Cristie. We did POC testing for 1 month. We covered HP physical servers to IBM hardware and vice versa. It worked without any issue. We also tried to recover HP physical servers from DL360 to DL380 and others. It works every time. At that time my management got assurance that this is a good product for investment. We started with 300 licenses. Now we have over 200 Physical and 600 virtual license
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Cloud backup can be expensive and slow
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Cristie Software Ltd
  • As of today, we are recovering servers without any issue. There is no 100% success. Some servers backup corrupted data and are restored the same way. It is called Garbage in Garbage out. So far management wants to continue the use of this product.
  • My management wants to use TBMR or any other backup.
  • Every year we are buying more licenses.
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