Critical tool for safe and secure backups
September 10, 2020

Critical tool for safe and secure backups

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Veeam Backup & Replication

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Backup & Replication is our full VM backup solution replacing an older software with fewer features. We use in on the Network team to backup all of our virtual environment as well as testing backups, replicating VMs to a remote site/cloud, and restoring. It fixes all the qualms we had with our previous product and then some.
  • Virtualized workloads
  • Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux
  • In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads
  • In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads
  • Enterprise UNIX servers running Solaris & IBM AIX
  • Enterprise applications such as Oracle or SAP HANA
  • NAS filers
  • Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)
  • Automating test restores to validate recoverability

Pros

  • Great user interface for getting quick results.
  • Seems to be faster than previous backup system we had.
  • Support is quick and friendly.

Cons

  • Could use some physical server tools (as opposed to VM only).
  • More info in the online knowledge base
  • Faster VM backup data file browser
Our current VM workload and some cloud-based are protected by Veeam Backup & Replication. The physical servers are our last holdout and we want to make the move one day. There are a few things we'd have to do first, but as our physical servers get moved to VMs we may not really need to change anyway. The day is coming when everything will be virtual and Veeam Backup & Replication will be the piece that holds it all together!
  • Its reduced the stress of backups.
  • Testing backups automatically is a dream come true.
  • The warm fuzzy feeling of knowing your machines are safe is priceless.
Failed backups and failed restores pushed us to look into what else was out there in the world of backups. We had heard the Veeam name but it wasn't until we finally tried the Backup & Replication tool did we realize what we were missing. We no longer worry about having corrupt backups when the time comes for them to be booted up.
Cloud backups are fairly new to us, but the idea is the same as local VM backups. You need a place to put a second copy and Veeam handles it just like it does locally. Even though most cloud solutions have a built-in option for backups, we're so comfortable with Veeam that we'd pay the difference to do it ourselves!
We've not yet rolled out our NAS or file share backup as of yet. Our NAS has a built-in tool for replicating all data over to the remote site. But when we go to upgrade our NAS we may be able to reduce costs by removing that feature and letting Veeam do it. Having the option is nice for sure.
This is an easy one. Pretty much any colleague who's asked what we're using for backups has heard of or been recommended to use Veeam Backup & Replication. They're usually the last holdouts that are hanging on for dear life to their current backup solution, but once they hear Veeam performs so well in the real world, they will switch.

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