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NetBackup from Cohesity

Score7.2 out of 10

102 Reviews and Ratings

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What is NetBackup from Cohesity?

NetBackup, currently in version 11, is a data protection and recovery platform that provides security, automation, and management tools for cloud and on-premises workloads.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features NetBackup from Cohesity has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Multiple backup destinations

    Multiple backup destinations is the ability to backup data to more than one location

    Category average: 8.9

  • Incremental backup identification

    Incremental backup identification is the ability to identify incremental changes since last backup

    Category average: 8.9

  • Continuous data protection

    Data is backed up every time a change is made, and the system can be restored to any previous saved version

    Category average: 9.2

Areas for Improvement

  • Instant recovery

    Instant recovery is the ability to restore operations very rapidly

    Category average: 8.5

  • Snapshots

    Ability to take regular snapshots to ensure that Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is met

    Category average: 8.6

  • Recovery verification

    Recovery verification is automated testing and verification of backups

    Category average: 8.4

Reviews

What users are saying about NetBackup from Cohesity.
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Veritas NetBackup. A powerful business continuity solution for your organisation.

Lance MartincichView profile
Unix/Linux Systems Engineer in Information Technology at City of Cape Town (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Veritas NetBackup has a wide variety of use cases within our organization. We use it for business continuity of our Windows environment, Sharepoint and IBM PowerVM AIX SAP environments. For SAP environments, it used to perform integrated online backups of the attached Oracle Database. SAP HANA is also backed up to ensure data protection. All backups are staged onto a disk storage unit first for fast recovery and then from there moved to tape for offsite storage.

Pros

  • Integrated online SAP Oracle Database backups
  • Efficient and easy restores of full or partial backups
  • Proper data protection of organisational data
  • Excellent reporting on backups and restores

Cons

  • Integrated automation that users may execute certain backups
  • More enhanced dashboard purpose built for each unit within the organisation
  • Better GUI, more modern

Return on Investment

  • Ensured proper protection of SAP Oracle environment without the need to purchase an additional backup product.
  • Efficient restores from near line storage ensure quicker recover time instead of waiting on tapes from offsite.
  • Integrated backups across the organisation ensure a well managed and governed business continuity solution.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

IBM Storage Protect

Other Software Used

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), IBM PowerVM

Good choice for company backups.

Incentivized
Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Data backup for both infrastructure (NAS, SAN, VM, ...) and files with host agent installed. We need complete backup software to ensure our company meets legal and internal requirements for backups and archiving.

Pros

  • Backup vmWare infrastructure.
  • Integration with storage systems (Netapp).
  • Fast operations (backup and restore).
  • Data security with encryption.
  • Support of multiple backup hardware.

Cons

  • Integration with third-party disk storage.
  • Old user interface.
  • Adding new features (integration with MS Azure, ...)

Return on Investment

  • Complete solution for enterprise backup.
  • Reliable training offers so people can keep uptodate.
  • Multiple subscriptions options.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI and Veeam Backup for Azure

Reliable backup solution

Incentivized
Waqas Asghar SipraView profile
Deputy Manager (Services Support & Backup Admin North) in Information Technology at Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qaism Limited (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are use it across our subsidiaries within ICT department and we are managing all backups related to databases and mostly VMWARE environment. We are managing 100s of tape icluding LTO4 and LTO6 for off site backups. More than 100 VMs are protect across the environment which includes thick and thin VMs.

Pros

  • Centralised Backup Solution
  • Easy to use for administrator
  • Expendable in case of storages
  • Hardware Independent
  • Flexible Licenses
  • Reliable Infrastructure
  • Independent storage solution
  • Integration with almost every Database
  • Integration with Virtual Environment
  • Graphical representation of Storage
  • OPS CENTER provide detailed reporting

Cons

  • Admin console
  • SAP HANA application Templates should also be introduced instead of scripting
  • SAP MAXDB application template should also be introduced
  • Tape Management need improvement
  • MOBILE connectivity is missing
  • Admin console is so simple it should be more funcky or stylish
  • Small database should also be considered for backup

Return on Investment

  • Storage optimization
  • Air replication between sites for DR
  • Flexible in Hardware
  • Archiving of old backup

Usability

Other Software Used

Netwrix Auditor, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, HCL Domino (formerly IBM Domino)

Alternatives Considered

Data Protector (formerly HP Data Protector) and Dell EMC Networker

A Stable product with years of experience in the field

Incentivized
Anirudh SrinivasView profile
Enterprise Lead Architect in Information Technology at IBM (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • The stablity
  • Overall SImplicity in operations
  • scalablity
  • support for multiple platforms

Cons

  • Maintenance of multiple servers can be a bit of a chore
  • A centeralized operation center with better repoting capablities would have been good

Return on Investment

  • Longer support makes it easier to maintain the software
  • Due to limited reporting capablity ,we had to integrate external reporting tools

Alternatives Considered

Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery and IBM Spectrum Protect

Other Software Used

IBM Spectrum Protect, Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery, Veeam Backup & Replication

Veritas Netbackup: ultimate king of backup empire

Incentivized
Ratnodeep Roy
Senior System Analyst in Information Technology at Stratogent (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • SAN data transfer and LAN control transfer for doing VMware backups.
  • Ability to perform restore through both LAN and SAN.

Cons

  • Ability to handle DFSR backups , VSS sometimes does not work .
  • Logs complexity and troubleshooting

Return on Investment

  • License is very pricey in comparison to other backup tools.
  • Deployment depends upon lot of factors (server socket size, I/O, processors, CPU).

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery, Dell EMC Avamar, Druva Phoenix and Acronis Cyber Backup

Other Software Used

Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery, Dell EMC Avamar