Commvault is a great backup & recovery solution
Overall Satisfaction with Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery
We use Commvault [Complete Backup & Recovery] to back up hundreds of virtual machines across two big clusters; we also back up large Oracle databases via RMAN. We have media agents at two different data centers, and replicate our backups to an off-site colocation facility for DR. In the past we had run host-based backups, but have switched to covering entire VMs. All of our central IT assets are covered. It provides us the ability to recover entire systems as well as our major line-of-business applications.
Pros
- Backs up virtual machines quickly and completely.
- Integrates well with Oracle's built-in RMAN tools for recovery & cloning, making success much more likely.
- Produces really good logs.
- Runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with minimal changes to the clients.
Cons
- For database restores, it has to restore the entire database in order to recover just one table.
- Backups of virtual machines with direct attached storage is difficult.
- I wish it covered cloud assets more thoroughly, like AWS ELBs and Security Groups.
- It allows us to meet various compliance requirements for retaining our data.
- It improves our BC posture by enabling fast recovery to an alternate data center.
- It covers all of our systems (on various operating systems) in a single tool.
We switched from Veritas NetBackup, because we had two parallel environments. Combining allowed us to cover more targets and make better use of centralized assets & staff. Licensing of Commvault was simpler at the time we deployed, and Commvault has continued to evolve their licensing model (for better or worse). Commvault supports unix clients better, I think, which is important to us.
Do you think Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI's feature set?
Yes
Did Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI again?
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