Veeam Backup for AWS - on stop solution for DR, back-up and recovery.
Updated September 16, 2022
Veeam Backup for AWS - on stop solution for DR, back-up and recovery.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup for AWS
Veeam Backup for AWS helped us to protect and back-up cloud artifacts. This involved appliances, DB, configs, and so on. The scope of the project is to have a backup of all configs and data and the ability to restore in the shortest possible time in case of cyber attacks or failures. The solution helps to take a snapshot and restore it near no time, which helps in business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
- Endpoints
- files
- VPC configurations of AWS Regions.
- Physical servers.
- UI needs to be more user friendly.
- Immutable back-up.
- Disaster recovery.
- Recovery of required assets when needed.
Do you think Veeam Backup for AWS delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Veeam Backup for AWS's feature set?
Yes
Did Veeam Backup for AWS live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Veeam Backup for AWS go as expected?
No
Would you buy Veeam Backup for AWS again?
Yes
Veeam Backup for AWS Feature Ratings
Using Veeam Backup for AWS
11 - The Veeam is mainly used by Cloud engineering team. This is supported and used by platform team, network team. In case of any issues during back-up, restore or disaster, the service management team levares Veeam with support from Cloud team. In few cases, Cyber security team also contacts cloud team to get logs and connectivity to log monitoring tool.
4 - we mainly need cloud engineering expertise. It needs to be supported by network and platform team.
- Appliances back-up
- file back-up
- Config back-up
- DR site back-up
- file level restore
- Auto back-up of appliances
- Integration to event monitoring tool
- Integration to service management tool
Evaluating Veeam Backup for AWS and Competitors
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Reputation
The features were compared with other available tools where Veeam outwighed others.
Integrations. Integration with service management tool, integration with event monitoring tool
Veeam Backup for AWS Implementation
- Implemented in-house
- Third-party professional services
used mix of inhouse and third-party professional services company
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled - Keep all stakeholders informed of all progress on regular basis.
- Technical issue resolution
- Knowledge sharing
Veeam Backup for AWS Training
- Online Training
- In-Person Training
- No Training
no, needed training
Configuring Veeam Backup for AWS
follow product doc
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
none so far
Veeam Backup for AWS Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Knowledgeable team Kept well informed Immediate help available Support cares about my success | Poor followup Problems left unsolved Escalation required Need to explain problems multiple times Slow Initial Response |
yes, for quick and efficient support.
quick support to tickets when we were deploying this
Using Veeam Backup for AWS
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Easy to use Consistent | Unnecessarily complex Requires technical support Slow to learn Lots to learn |
- data mover
- file recovery
Veeam Backup for AWS Reliability
Integrating Veeam Backup for AWS
- none
not done yet
- ServiceNow
- Dynatrace
Not sure
- File import/export
- API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
Explore first
Relationship with Veeam Software
difficult question to answer.
need to manage on case to case basis
Upgrading Veeam Backup for AWS
- not applicable
- not applicable at this time