Great for virtual environments
January 10, 2020

Great for virtual environments

Joe Spradlin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Veeam Backup & Replication

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication

We currently use Veeam Backup & Replication to provide weekly full and daily backups of our corporate VMware environment. Veeam Backup & Replication is used across our entire organization. Veeam Backup & Replication addresses all of our backup and replication needs as well as provide an easy to use recovery option in the unfortunate case of a VM failure.

Pros

  • Veeam Backup & Replication connects to cloud providers for replication very seamlessly and makes for a more stout DR posture.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication provides a very intuitive interface that makes getting up and running one less headache in the IT world.

Cons

  • Nothing I can think of at this time.
  • The very first time one of your technicians pushes out an update that crashes your server (VM) and you live recover the VM from Veeam, you potentially fulfill your proverbial ROI.
  • Being able to perform a quick back or zip up a VM before you make changes that can destroy your live VM is priceless.
We currently use Dell/EMC DD2200 Data Domains coupled with Veeam Backup & Replication and replicate them to a cloud repository and are in alignment with what we expected when we acquired the product. We currently use Veeam Backup & Replication to replicate our entire virtual inventory to the cloud repository.
We have used this, however, our benefits are limited to just having our data replicated to the cloud.
Prior to our company implementing Veeam Backup & Replication, we used Backup-Exec. We made the decision to move to migrate to Veeam Backup and Replication due to its performance and functionality in a VM environment. My IT team never like using Back-Exec and we were very happy to roll out Veeam Backup & Replication in our update VM environment.
I have not used Veeam Backup & Replication in any other environment other than my own VMware environment. For our purposes, Veeam Backup & Replication is very well suited for our needs and has saved us a few times from a few unfortunate events. I feel strongly that Veeam Backup & Replication is extremely well suited for any VM environment that you have. If you want to have simplicity, performance, and reliability all rolled into one neat package, Veeam Backup & Replication is for you. I can honestly report that while I have been using it for 7+ years, I still have the console open as I type this review as I am trying hard to find something I don't like, but with no success.

Veeam Data Platform Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
9.3
Universal recovery
5
Instant recovery
10
Recovery verification
10
Business application protection
10
Multiple backup destinations
10
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
8
Deduplication and file compression
Not Rated
Snapshots
10
Flexible deployment
10
Platform support
Not Rated
Retention options
10
Encryption
Not Rated

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