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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Veeam on IBM Cloud

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AVeeam on IBM Cloud promises to provide continuous availability to enterprise clients through its combined and automated backup and recovery solution. Veeam is deployed in the user's IBM Cloud environment for: · Agentless image-based backups · Recovery of entire VMs, individual files, and application items · Item-level recovery and eDiscovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Active Directory · Transaction-level restore of…

    $11

    per VM

    vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AVMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (or vDPA), now part of vSphere, was a VMware data protection and recovery offering. The product is no longer available standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    Veeam on IBM CloudvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Veeam Backup and Recovery
    $11.00
    per VM
    Veeam Availability Suite
    $15.00
    per VM
    Veeam Physical Agent
    $18.00
    per VM
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Veeam on IBM CloudvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    Veeam on IBM CloudvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Veeam on IBM Cloud and vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Feature
    Veeam on IBM Cloud
    8.2
    14 Ratings
    3% below category average
    vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Universal recovery8.214 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.314 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Business application protection8.214 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots8.214 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.213 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Platform support8.214 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Retention options8.214 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Encryption8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Veeam on IBM CloudvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Veeam on IBM CloudvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    The Veeam on IBM Cloud functions [is] easy to set on the first time to use the platform and the effective capability on predictive disaster, easy to backup the most important data through the Veeam on IBM Cloud functionalities. The features [have] multiple different responsibilities like copy data management, effective data restore functions among many more.
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    Discontinued Products
    VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced is well suited for a thin client environment, and/or an environment that runs multiple virtual servers. It is also well suited for an environment with disaster recover requirements that require backups of everything. vSphere is very expensive, so it would probably not be a very good choice for a startup that could use a cheaper alternative in the beginning, or a physical machine environment.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • The program installation is straight forward and uncomplicated.
    • Once running it does not put a drain on system resources. After the initial backup subsequent backups are quick.
    • It does what it is deigned to do and they have kept it simple for a reason.
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    • Maintains backups of all virtual systems for disaster recovery compliance.
    • Supports plugins for backups of Microsoft systems.
    • As with most VMware products vSphere is incredibly easy to use.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • The reporting could use some work. If you have a client who has some serious audit controls in place, you may find yourself creating the report versus depending on the system do that piece for you.
    • My complaint would be with the notification emails. They are not configurable and come out regardless of whether a backup set completed or is still running.
    • The scheduling is a little clunky. It would be much nicer if the backup could be "continuous" anytime it's connected to the Internet (similar to Carbonite).
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    • Reports are too complex, could be made clearer.
    • The interface could be simplified.
    • Backups of physical servers take a very long time.
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    Usability
    IBM
    Veeam is very easy to use once fully on-boarded and trained. Part of the reason we can respond to a critical situation swiftly is that it is so easy to use. We did take 2 years to be fully comfortable with the product as we tested it with others, but once we committed to Veeam, there was no question about it.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    At the moment I cannot say anything bad about the overall provided services. It's holding me back to put the mark even higher as other cloud solutions have their advantages as well, so I can't rate this one higher than competitor ones. However the experience is really positive to the moment and it has delivered always.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Veeam BLOWS AWAY Veritas in terms of reliability, recoverability, and Especially PRICE! Veritas is literally thousands of dollar more than comparable Veeam Software. Veritas's support is virtually non-existent. I believe the only reason Veritas is even still in business is because of their reputation as the ONLY backup software a decade or more ago. If you use Veritas, I HIGHLY recommend throwing it away and trying out Veeam - You will NOT go back to Veritas!
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    Discontinued Products
    CloudBacko is the only similar product that I have used, and while it worked by backing up my virtual machines to Google Drive, VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced not only backs up the virtual machines, buton databases, physical servers and more, and backs them up to a centralized location, and has 24/7 live support.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • We solved a problem where we needed a backup for some remote clients and paying the cost for local backup was not feasible.
    • allows us to put a solid backup and recovery solution in a client with very little monthly cost.
    • Business backup and recovery, disaster recovery, hybrid data protection (onsite and cloud), server and workstation backup.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Virtual machines and servers are backed up and secure
    • DR compliance is met
    • Multiple platforms backed up to a central location
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