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Veritas Backup Exec

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What is Veritas Backup Exec?

Veritas Backup Exec is a backup and disaster recovery solution. It works in virtual, physical, and multi-cloud environments and integrates with several third-party software releases and applications.

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Classic Backup Software without bigger flaws

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 30, 2024
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We use Veritas Backup Exec mainly for the Backup of our data and bare metal servers. We use a scenario with a primary backup to disk and then copy to tape, which is then store...
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Administrator
Veritas Backup Exec13 years of experience

Veritas backup exec 20.6 my saving experience.

Rating: 7 out of 10
January 11, 2024
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We use it to back up our servers with virtual machines on HyperV. The scenario is very simple: save the server on different media for hot and cold storage, plus another one ou...
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Employee
Veritas Backup Exec8 years of experience

Flat pricing (no data tiers) and probably the most intuitive backup solution out there.

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 3, 2024
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We use Veritas Backup Exec for Disk-Disk-Tape-Cold Storage. Essentially we use Veritas Backup Exec to manage daily backups along with a disaster recovery plan that allows us t...
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Mark McCardell
Engineer - Research & Development
Computer Systems Engineer IV
University of Virginia - Center For Applied Biomechanics
Veritas Backup Exec13 years of experience

Veritas Backup Exec is smart, flexible and secure backup.

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 16, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Veritas Backup Exec has been used in our datacenter to backup our servers, approximately more than 10 servers, including servers with VMWare. We have programmed an automatic b...
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Gabriel Silva
Analyst - Information Technology
Analista de sistema
Natura
Veritas Backup Exec2 years of experience

Veritas Backup Exec - AVOID! It was great (and about the only choice) 2 decades ago, but it has fallen by the wayside.

Rating: 2 out of 10
June 3, 2021
IncentivizedVetted Review
I consult with multiple companies that at some point in time had Veritas Backup Exec setup as their backup software on their servers.
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Michael Craven
Professional - Professional Services
Owner/President/CEO
P.C. 911
Veritas Backup Exec20 years of experience

Veritas Backup Exec solutions versus cost and ease of use.

Rating: 5 out of 10
May 19, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Originally we used Veritas Backup Exec for all servers in our district. We have since moved away from it and currently it is being used only on a remote backup server. The pro...
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Verified user
Manager
Veritas Backup Exec12 years of experience

Good backup software, some learning curve

Rating: 7 out of 10
April 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Veritas Backup Exec not for resale version is being used to backup all critical server based data on linux and windows servers.
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Jay Moore
C-Level Executive - Information Technology
CIO
The National Beta Club
Veritas Backup Exec2 years of experience

Yesterday's Backup Solution Today

Rating: 1 out of 10
September 17, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use backup exec to backup our mostly virtual server environment.
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Administrator
Veritas Backup Exec1 year of experience

BackupExec for enterprise? Why Not?

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 23, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Veritas Backup Exec is used as our central backup platform for one business location consisting of about 250 end users with 20+ servers
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John Mota
Professional - Information Technology
IT Manager
Precix
Veritas Backup Exec20 years of experience

A Stable, User-Friendly Disaster Recovery Solution

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 21, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Veritas Backup Exec provides good replication and compression features from a simple dashboard. We use it on exchange and SQL for mass files and folders. We find that for Exch...
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Executive
Veritas Backup Exec2 years of experience

Backup Exec: Solid Performer from version to version

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 16, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Backup Exec is used by a division of my organization that encompasses approximately sixteen servers. We use Backup Exec to perform full and incremental backups of both physica...
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Christopher Stark
Technician - Information Technology
Division Network Support Specialist
The Salvation Army
Veritas Backup Exec13 years of experience

Veritas Backup Exec review!

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 5, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Veritas Backup Exec has been used by our company for many years now. Our whole IT department uses it. It is extremely reliable, easy to install, configure and maintain. One of...
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Verified user
Consultant
Veritas Backup Exec10 years of experience

Backup Exec - Market Leader Lost its Way?

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 4, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Backup Exec as one of our backup solutions. The server that the Backup Exec software is installed on has an attached tape library unit which allows tape backups. This i...
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Verified user
Administrator
Veritas Backup Exec5 years of experience

BackupExec

Rating: 2 out of 10
March 28, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We currently use Veritas Backup Exec for disaster recovery in our environment. We use it on a stand-alone server (R610) with a fiber channel connection to our EMC and our Tape...
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Michael Hylek
Professional - Information Technology
IT Specialist
Epstein Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Veritas Backup Exec4 years of experience

Backup Exec is our single source for data backup.

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 6, 2018
IncentivizedVetted Review
Symantec Backup Exec is being used on our server for the whole organization. BE provides protection for our data, gives us security knowing our information is being backed up ...
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Bob Gregory
Administrator - Information Technology
President
Ocean State Computers, Ltd
Veritas Backup Exec3 years of experience
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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Veritas Backup Exec?

Veritas Backup Exec
Veritas Backup Exec is a backup and disaster recovery solution. It works in virtual, physical, and multi-cloud environments and integrates with several third-party software releases and applications.

Backup Exec is designed for small to medium-sized business, not enterprise, for streamlining data backup and recovery into one product and interface. It also does not support sending data streams from multiple parallel backup jobs to a single tape drive, called multiplexing, however, Veritas’s other backup product, NetBackup, has this capability.

Key Features

  • Virtual, physical and multi-cloud environment support
  • Full integration with Azure Site Recovery for data and application availability with minimal RTO and RPO
  • Integration with most popular third-party software releases, including Microsoft® Server, Microsoft® Hyper-V and VMware® vSphere®
  • Backup Exec can be seamlessly scaled to the cloud with a range of certified, integrated cloud connectors for various cloud environments, including AWS S3, Microsoft® Azure and Google Cloud Platform Storage
  • Users can locate and visualize their data estate to support General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy regulations, using Veritas Information Map™
  • End-to-end deduplication performance to on-premise storage, as well as to public and hybrid cloud

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Veritas Backup Exec Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
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Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Veritas Backup Exec is a backup and disaster recovery solution. It works in virtual, physical, and multi-cloud environments and integrates with several third-party software releases and applications.

NovaBACKUP are common alternatives for Veritas Backup Exec.

Reviewers rate Universal recovery and Business application protection and Backup to the cloud highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Veritas Backup Exec are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Ease of Setup: Users have appreciated the straightforward setup process for storage platforms, mentioning the intuitive interface and quick configuration. They also found it easy to associate tapes with backup sets, streamlining their data protection workflow efficiently.

Integration with VMware: Reviewers have highlighted the accurate and seamless integration with VMware, emphasizing the reliability in managing virtual environments. The option to replicate data to the cloud seamlessly adds an extra layer of flexibility for users.

Feature-rich Job Creation: Customers have praised the feature-rich job creation capabilities in Veritas Backup Exec, pointing out how these tools simplify complex backup strategies effectively. The customizable features allow users to tailor backups according to specific needs and enhance overall data management practices.

Challenging Interface: Users have found it challenging to locate files at times due to the design of the interface. They express frustration with navigation and efficiency issues, highlighting a need for improved user-friendliness and intuitive features that streamline file access.

Endpoint Protection Needs Improvement: Several users have mentioned that the endpoint protection for clients needs enhancement for better security measures and comprehensive coverage against potential threats in diverse environments.

Stability and Backup Issues: Users have reported experiencing instability in saving under certain scenarios, along with encountering challenges when opening old saves not stored in the backup exec database, indicating reliability concerns related to data preservation and retrieval processes.

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Classic Backup Software without bigger flaws

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 30, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
13 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Veritas Backup Exec mainly for the Backup of our data and bare metal servers. We use a scenario with a primary backup to disk and then copy to tape, which is then stored in safe on another location.
Based on this we have an easy and fast recovery from disk, if a colleague accidentally deleted his files (again) and a disaster recovery from tape. Veritas Backup Exec makes a pretty good job in this scenario and works well. It passes every test till now and every recovery of the encrypted tapes are working without data loss.
Pros and Cons
  • Backup to disk
  • Backup to tape
  • Fast recovery from disk
  • Reliability
Likelihood to Recommend
Veritas Backup Exec is a somewhat classic backup software and should be used es such. It's main capability is server backup, but it would be a fine idea to integrate some endpoint protection.
Therefore the scenarios are totally typical. Every environment who has the need to backup their data (in other words: every environment) has the right scenario for such a software.

Veritas backup exec 20.6 my saving experience.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
January 11, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it to back up our servers with virtual machines on HyperV. The scenario is very simple: save the server on different media for hot and cold storage, plus another one outside of the office. We have an agent for HyperV. No need for a Microsoft SQL agent. Simple Disaster Recovery (SDR) is on.
Pros and Cons
  • Save
  • logs
  • Summary of last backup.
Likelihood to Recommend
Globally, it's good backup software, but there are a lot of little things that handicap the experience. You don't know why, but sometimes the saving process bugs during the night and works perfectly tomorrow or after a manual reload. Saving to a NAS is difficult in comparison with Veeam backup.

Flat pricing (no data tiers) and probably the most intuitive backup solution out there.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
January 03, 2024
MM
Mark McCardell
Computer Systems Engineer IV
University of Virginia - Center For Applied Biomechanics (Research, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
13 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Veritas Backup Exec for Disk-Disk-Tape-Cold Storage. Essentially we use Veritas Backup Exec to manage daily backups along with a disaster recovery plan that allows us to air-gap our backups and cold storage off site. We really wanted an all in one solution that was easy to implement, did not have data tiers, and provided clear licensing plans.
Pros and Cons
  • Easy to setup storage platforms
  • Easy to see to which tape sets are in cold storage, associate tapes with backup sets
  • Agents are easy to deploy across windows and Linux servers
Likelihood to Recommend
Veritas Backup Exec is best suited for <1PB environments that deal with typical Windows & Linux file storage arrays. Once you delve into more sophisticated storage environments, there are no available agents for those environments.

Veritas Backup Exec is smart, flexible and secure backup.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
September 16, 2021
GS
Gabriel Silva
Analista de sistema
Natura (Chemicals, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Veritas Backup Exec has been used in our datacenter to backup our servers, approximately more than 10 servers, including servers with VMWare. We have programmed an automatic backup routine with incremental backups every day of file servers and other services used by employees and daily backups of all services and the datacenter environment. It is an expensive investment but it is the best way to keep all data saved in case of any type of problem / damage / virtual threat.
Pros and Cons
  • Accurate and seamless integration with VMware.
  • Possibility to replicate to the cloud.
  • When necessary, restoration to a specific point is quick and safe.
  • Clean and friendly interface.
  • Great Alerts and personalized reports.
Likelihood to Recommend
One of the differentials is that of all the backup tools I used, Veritas Backup Exec has the best management and control interface. It is very easy to use and configure the rules. There are several options that we can optimize our work for our specific needs, from scheduling a backup, restoring data, directories, alerts system, error reports, backups, inconsistencies and other very interesting things. It has integration with SQL, vmware, hyper v. Backup and restore speeds are fast and secure.

Veritas Backup Exec - AVOID! It was great (and about the only choice) 2 decades ago, but it has fallen by the wayside.

Rating: 2 out of 10
Incentivized
June 03, 2021
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I consult with multiple companies that at some point in time had Veritas Backup Exec setup as their backup software on their servers.
Pros and Cons
  • Backing up files that are in use.
  • Backing up Exchange Server databases.
  • Backing up SharePoint Server Websites.
Likelihood to Recommend
Veritas Backup Exec is great at backing up heavily used File Servers and Exchange Servers. Its backup compression is VERY slow and doesn't compress well. [I feel] it is very unfriendly at trying to recover using a Bare-Metal Restore.

Veritas Backup Exec solutions versus cost and ease of use.

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized
May 19, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
12 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Originally we used Veritas Backup Exec for all servers in our district. We have since moved away from it and currently it is being used only on a remote backup server. The product does function well and it performed fine for the purpose of providing full and partial backups. We were predominantly a Netware shop with approximately 32 Netware servers, with 14 stand alone Windows based servers. With our move to a virtual environment our backup solution needs changed.
Pros and Cons
  • Backup Exec does do an excellent job of backing up all data on both Netware (which is no longer a pressing issue) and Windows based machines.
  • As long as you are licensed correctly Backup Exec does a good job of backing up SQL instances, but the key is you must be properly licensed.
  • Restoring files back to the original server and format is done fairly easy with Backup Exec. It is actually easier than Unitrends which requires a slightly different and less logical method.
Likelihood to Recommend
Backup Exec works well generally in most environments or situations. The licensing can potentially be a nightmare, but manageable if you have a decent reseller. Backing up and restoring from physical tapes which is not all that common is not as reliable as when backing up and restoring from datastores that reside on hard drives or digital media. It does a good job with large or small backup jobs. Backing up and managing SQL backups requires additional licenses and be a bit clunky. If you are very careful (which you should be anyway) and document as you build these backups you will get better at managing them. Regarding a virtual environment, I have limited experience in that arena, but have done it. Backup Exec can backup VMware environments, but honestly we moved to Unitrends to backup our VM's and are much happier with the backup process. However, restoring a VM in Unitrends can be tedious compared to Backup Exec.

Good backup software, some learning curve

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
April 30, 2021
JM
Jay Moore
CIO
The National Beta Club (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
2 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Veritas Backup Exec not for resale version is being used to backup all critical server based data on linux and windows servers.
Pros and Cons
  • Backs up data
  • Backs up data to usb drives
  • Backups data to MS Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
It is not as easy as it should be, but does provide a great level of control and detail to backup operations. It Does backup Linux clients which is a huge plus to us.

Yesterday's Backup Solution Today

Rating: 1 out of 10
September 17, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use backup exec to backup our mostly virtual server environment.
Pros and Cons
  • It works sometimes.
Likelihood to Recommend
Backup Exec probably works well if you're only backing up a small number of servers (around 20 at the most) locally. This seems to be the only scenario where its at least capable of doing its job.

Any kind of serious enterprise is going to want to avoid this software like the plague. Deploying this across multiple sites requires fully licensed servers at each site and a second management server at the primary site. Beyond that, running multiple backup jobs can be problematic as, per Veritas support, there is no native way to chain separate backup jobs.

BackupExec for enterprise? Why Not?

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 23, 2020
JM
John Mota
IT Manager
Precix (Automotive, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
20 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Veritas Backup Exec is used as our central backup platform for one business location consisting of about 250 end users with 20+ servers
Pros and Cons
  • Version updates are fairly frequent and provide new features often.
  • Easy to use interface.
Likelihood to Recommend
As a standard, Back-up, Veritas Backup Exec has been around for quite a while. Even though it's not usually considered as an enterprise-level backup/recovery platform, I've been using it for several years through many changes, and it has always met my requirements. They offer several different agents for various programs, databases, VMware, etc. You only buy what you need.

A Stable, User-Friendly Disaster Recovery Solution

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
October 21, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Veritas Backup Exec provides good replication and compression features from a simple dashboard. We use it on exchange and SQL for mass files and folders. We find that for Exchange, SQL and even for single files we are able to restore the resource process as well.
Pros and Cons
  • Vertias Backup Exec allows my clients to restore a backup from a specific point in time.
  • Works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware.
Likelihood to Recommend
I can only speak to Windows environments, but it works well there. They seem to keep up with evolving technology. The cost may be too high for smaller companies.

Backup Exec: Solid Performer from version to version

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 16, 2019
CS
Christopher Stark
Division Network Support Specialist
The Salvation Army (Non-Profit Organization Management, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
13 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Backup Exec is used by a division of my organization that encompasses approximately sixteen servers. We use Backup Exec to perform full and incremental backups of both physical and virtual servers in our environment, primarily file and print, email and SQL servers. It provides data protection and recovery via long restore horizons and short backup windows.
Pros and Cons
  • The license/agent deployment feature in Backup Exec facilitates effective and speedy population within your data center.
  • Veritas Backup Exec's feature rich job creation is intuitive and simplifies backup strategies.
  • Customizable views in the Administrator console allow you to view your backup environment to maximize visibility.
Likelihood to Recommend
Very well suited for small to medium organizations. The intuitive interface, plus straightforward job creation, make it ideal where expertise is at a premium. No special technical skills are required to configure and maintain the software. It's not so well suited for larger organizations where targets and resources number in the hundreds -- inasmuch as the licensing becomes cumbersome and complex.

Veritas Backup Exec review!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 05, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Veritas Backup Exec has been used by our company for many years now. Our whole IT department uses it. It is extremely reliable, easy to install, configure and maintain. One of its strongest points would be that it supports an array of legacy devices. The GUI is very user-friendly, restore speeds are incredible!
Pros and Cons
  • Very easy to install and configure.
  • Extremely user friendly.
  • Restore speeds are incredible.
Likelihood to Recommend
Veritas Backup Exec is well suited for any type of business environment. It has saved me countless hours of time, the restore options and speeds are simply incredible. I would definitely recommend this backup/restore solution to any company IT department looking to upgrade their existing solution, especially if your company uses legacy hardware.

Backup Exec - Market Leader Lost its Way?

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 04, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Backup Exec as one of our backup solutions. The server that the Backup Exec software is installed on has an attached tape library unit which allows tape backups. This in turn allows the backups to be taken off site. We also do off-site backup replications but network restrictions currently prevent all servers / backups to be replicated off-site. Thus, some locally based physical servers utilise the Symantec Backup Exec system.
Pros and Cons
  • Symantec is probably the best known and most widely use backup software - the benefit to this is that most IT staff of a certain level usually have had some exposure to one version of the software or another.
  • Product Maturity - It is very intuitive, and because of the product's maturity the menus and options are laid out particularly well.
  • Robust & reliable - the system is a proven solution with excellent support in place also.
Likelihood to Recommend
Backup Exec is still a solid and reliable product with years of development behind it-using it for physical servers and pure data file backups is where it's currently best placed.

BackupExec

Rating: 2 out of 10
Incentivized
March 28, 2018
MH
Michael Hylek
IT Specialist
Epstein Architecture, Engineering and Construction (Architecture & Planning, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
4 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently use Veritas Backup Exec for disaster recovery in our environment. We use it on a stand-alone server (R610) with a fiber channel connection to our EMC and our Tape Storage device. We use it to back up physical servers as well as our virtual environment.
Pros and Cons
  • Veritas Backup Exec's interface is very easy to use for a beginner to Disaster recovery.
  • The storage targeting is very easy to set up and manage. It is very user-friendly to make changes to the preferences of each job or all of the jobs at once.
  • The single file restores are very easy to set up and complete.
Likelihood to Recommend
Veritas is good for old school shops that don't want to move to the future with newer styled backup options. If you want any cloud backup options the industry is moving more towards Veeam.

Backup Exec is our single source for data backup.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 06, 2018
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Symantec Backup Exec is being used on our server for the whole organization. BE provides protection for our data, gives us security knowing our information is being backed up safely and securely. Performance is excellent, restoring lost data is simple and accurate. Support for restoring downed servers by system recovery is a feature and process that is important to our organization.
Pros and Cons
  • Fast and accurate backups
  • Easy to install, configure and manage
  • Works well across many backup options
Likelihood to Recommend
Internal and external server backup as well as cloud solutions. Based on our needs BE is very well suited.

Backup Exec - Latest thoughts from a longtime user

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 01, 2018
JD
Jeff Daniels
Network Engineer
EPMG-Emergency Physicians Medical Group (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
20 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Backup Exec both for disk-to-tape and disk-to-disk backup. We back up to a Quantum tape autoloader, doing full server backups every weekend. We also to monthly database backups also to tape. We also use Backup Exec to backup our Hyper-V virtual machines to a NAS. We need a secure and inexpensive mode to backup our data and yet still have it readily available.
Pros and Cons
  • Manage agent based backups - It is easy to schedule and monitor backups. Verifying backups is done for all jobs. Backup performance is excellent.
  • Provide a wide ranging contingent of backup options - Despite providing a dizzying array of backup options, it is easy to schedule individual or recurring jobs.
  • Integrates well with our Active Directory - Restoring even individual Active Directory objects is possible.
Likelihood to Recommend
My rating would have been higher a few years ago, but nagging problems, primarily noticed since the switch back to Veritas, has increased my dissatisfaction. It is still a solid product for the SMB market. It is a wide variety of options that will fit into just about any scenario that you can think of. Licensing complexity continues to be a issue. It offers solid performance, reasonably good support and a decent interface once you are used to it.

Backup Rolls

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 21, 2017
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
9 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Symantec Backup Exec to backup our Windows servers.
Pros and Cons
  • Backup Exec is good for defining backup strategy across multiple supports (external hdd and tapes for us).
  • Backup Exec is good at backing up all data including files with open handles.
  • Restoring a single file to a previous version is very easy.
Likelihood to Recommend
Backup Exec is a nice tool to backup Windows servers and workstations.

Backup Exec - affordable and useful for any amount of data

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 05, 2017
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I support numerous clients that have Backup Exec and have used every version of the software since 2009. It is a great product that is flexible and reliable. It can backup to most types of media, including external hard drives, tape drives, and network shares. It also supports many operating systems and database systems.
Pros and Cons
  • Design jobs with unique schedules and times, with exceptions to avoid or run one-time jobs.
  • Backup any type of database across Windows servers, including granular restoration of mailboxes or SQL databases.
  • Customized retention of data to keep backup jobs depending on age or automatic overwrite of older data.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are looking for a cost-effective software to run backups with a standalone set of media (rotation of tapes, external drives, or NAS appliances) then Backup Exec is a great product. It sometimes needs some hands-on massaging when the software has trouble overwriting older data or writing to device folders, but overall it is very productive. If you have a lot of data, this tool is also very effective as it works based on number of agents and databases. If you have numerous servers and different types of databases (SQL, Exchange, etc.) then Backup Exec may not be best suited and another backup solution that's based on "total data" may be better suited.

A central management system with complete backups on heterogeneous environments

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 05, 2017
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have used Backup Exec on multiple occasions, both on-site and on-customer side.
As for the on-site experience in the company where I worked, we needed to manage several local servers and we focused all backup policies on Backup Exec, as for customers we have proposed this software with customer satisfaction.
Pros and Cons
  • Physical server management
  • Virtual server management
  • Centralized management through a single interface
Likelihood to Recommend
The best scenario of using Backup Exec (in my opinion) is a very heterogeneous server infrastructure distributed across different environments. The strength of Backup Exec is to be able to intervene through a single tool and a single point of intervention different types of servers this helps a lot of troubleshooting and avoids waste of time.
It is certainly not appropriate to use Backup Exec for simple backups or poorly structured infrastructures.

Backup Exec for Simple Environments Only

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized
December 05, 2017
MJ
Michael Jipping
Senior Systems Engineer
L Brands (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
13 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Backup Exec was used initially as our Complete Backup Solution for the enterprise. Currently we only used Backup Exec for File Level Backups of Radiology Images. We moved our complex Backup Solution for Virtual Deployments to other Vendor Software (VEEAM and REDGATE SQL). Backup Exec in its current capacity still does a great job of the traditional file level Backups.
Pros and Cons
  • Backup Exec has done a good job programing and managing the Physical Tape Libraries. This is always a tricky feature to provide great service on.
  • Backup Exec continues to do a great job Backing Up and Restoring Simple File Server Shares and Directories. This is all I would recommend using Backup Exec to accomplish.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for non-virtual environment or an environment that is a typical file server. I would not recommend using Backup Exec in most scenarios. It is just not nimble enough to compete with the competition.

Symantec Backup Exec - 4 stars out of 5

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 05, 2017
ES
Emily Sullivan
Database & Evaluation Manager
Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees)
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Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Symantec Backup Exec for the whole agency's daily data back up.
Pros and Cons
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Easy access to any specific time point
  • Easy to retrieve data
Likelihood to Recommend
It is perfect for organizations that require data backup on a frequent basis. It is also perfect for when you need to retrieve data from a certain point of time/day. I don't think it does data encryption, so it will be less appropriate in situations where data requires encryption and backup all at once.

BACKUP NOW...YOU WILL NEED IT LATER!!!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
August 03, 2016
TF
Todd Frazier
Systems Administrator
County of Culpeper (Computer Networking, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
15 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are currently using Symantec Backup Exec (SBE) to do our nightly tape backups. I have been using SBE for 15 years.
At one time when all our servers had tape drives SBE was installed and used for all backup purposes.
Now with new faster and larger backup appliances we are now down to two servers that are still being backed up by tape with SBE. It does well in is dependable in running tape backups which we then store off site. Is very good at restoring deleted or lost files for end users who sometime get happy fingers!
Pros and Cons
  • You are able to do a full system restore as long as you monitor and make sure you are getting good full backups
  • Is a great product for doing down to a single file level restore for users who may have accidentally deleted a file of their shared drive for department
  • Is good product to use to backup your Exchange Server, I know we had server crash last year and lose data base and I was able to restore and get email back online with in 4 hours!
  • Their Customer support for SBE is great had issue two years ago that maintenance had lapsed and I was able to renew and get support need all with in two hours!
Likelihood to Recommend
I gave it an 8 just because it can be troublesome in navigating around software. It does a
great job for backing up server with tape devices for us have had to use it several times when servers have crashed and we have had to rebuild and restore, but the one down fall is it is not fast like the new solid state drive backups, which we have procured, Unitrends!

Backup Exec, try it before purchase it

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
May 03, 2016
CA
Cesare Arienti
System Administrator
Gruppo SE.CO.GES. (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
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Verified User
Veritas Backup Exec
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Backup Exec is used on some IT applications of our clients. We use it to backup physical servers to NAS, USB HDD and tapes.
Pros and Cons
  • Tape backups
  • Client server development
Likelihood to Recommend
We use an old version of backup exec (2010 to 2012), but it was well suited for non virtual environments. It's good to backup on tapes or on any kind of device. You can backup multiple servers.

Symantec - Simple, Secure, Safe.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
June 30, 2014
Verified User
Vetted Review
Reseller
Veritas Backup Exec
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
My organization does not currently use Symantec products. However, I have used it in the past for my own use as well as reselling the product. As a user, it was very effective and simple to use. The interface is very streamlined and the reputation based scanning was good at catching threats and reducing the false positives. As a reseller of the product, I always led with Symantec because of it's ease of use and the ability to manage multiple products from a single pane of glass.
Pros and Cons
  • Great name in the industry and and very effective security and backup products.
  • Easy to work with support staff at Symantec.
  • As a reseller, the resources that were dedicated to us were best in the industry making it easy to lead with them.
Likelihood to Recommend
Yes, in order for the right product to be selected, the size of the organization needs to be assessed to determine the proper product for the customer. For example, an understanding of the size and function of the company would determine whether the customer needs Backup Exec or Net Backup.

Symantec Now, Symantec Forever!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 27, 2014
Verified User
Vetted Review
Reseller
Veritas Backup Exec
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I'm not sure how it's being used in my organization, but as an IT reseller it's being used in a number of my customers environments to protect their data from threats.
Pros and Cons
  • Email Security
  • Backup and recovery
  • Malware protection
  • Archiving
Likelihood to Recommend
Can Symantec provide the protection I need as it relates to security? Then I would bullet those areas and align them with Symantec's products.
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