Backup Rolls
December 21, 2017

Backup Rolls

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Symantec Backup Exec

We are using Symantec Backup Exec to backup our Windows servers.
  • 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.
  • Finding the most performant driver for our tape recorded in Windows Server environment was not easy.
  • It took several years with help of the Symantec support to find the appropriate driver.
  • Symantec support service was not so responsive and did not really provide a permanent solution to our problems, but it really improved in the last few years.
  • Once the backup strategy is correctly set, almost no time is required to take care of the backup. So that amount of time can be used for other tasks.
  • The quality of Backup Exec to backup data and restore data (all of them or pieces of them) helped us to have IT department certified ISO9001.
  • Some contacts at Symantec support service were not good (no real solution provided, the contact person was never the same for multiple contact of a same support ticket, so a lot of time was wasted).
Backup Exec is a nice tool to backup Windows servers and workstations.

Veritas Backup Exec Feature Ratings

Universal recovery
Not Rated
Instant recovery
8
Recovery verification
Not Rated
Business application protection
Not Rated
Multiple backup destinations
8
Incremental backup identification
7
Backup to the cloud
Not Rated
Deduplication and file compression
Not Rated
Snapshots
8
Flexible deployment
6
Management dashboard
6
Platform support
6
Retention options
6
Encryption
Not Rated