Network Administrator
October 09, 2015
Network Administrator
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
7.6.1.1
Modules Used
- All Modules
Overall Satisfaction with Symantec NetBackup
We're using Symantec NetBackup across our agency to backup physical servers, virtual severs, NetApp filers, and some desktops. It allows us to manage all of our backups and reporting from a single application. Symantec NetBackup is very flexible and it has a ton of options which can accommodate businesses of every size.
- VMware backups are very fast and easy to manage. Huge improvement over VCB.
- Full control of every aspect of the STUs, lifecycle policies, policies, schedules, policy types, exclusions, and etc.
- Great support, constant improvements, scalability, flexibility.
- Activity monitor needs to improve transparency by keeping ALL backup jobs (including SLP duplications, child jobs and parent jobs) within a group in the hierarchical view. In the current setup we cannot tell if an SLP duplication job finished for any specific parent job. This is scary!
- NetBackup needs to have a better way to export views under Activity Monitor, NetBackup Management, Media & Management, Devices, and Credentials into TXT, CSV, XLS, and PDF.
- Implement Trash Bin for certain objects like policies which will allow you to restore an accidentally deleted policy. This will eliminate having to perform a catalog restore for (1) lost backup policy.
- Implement Categories for Active, Disabled, Temporary, and Manual backup policies. This will allow users to manage which policies they want to view. However, you should also keep an option for the classic all-in-one style view.
- Fast disaster recovery.
- Lower than average amount of backup failures when compared to industry standards.
- Peace of mind regarding security of important data.
- Self service options.
NetBackup is a tried and proven candidate which always appears in Gartner's magic quadrant. We've been using it without any major issues for a very long time. Symantec's 24/7 support has always been there whenever we've experienced issues and we always have access to our account representative. Overall, we've had a great experience. However, please remember that nobody is perfect.