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Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition Can Be Part of a Professional DR Plan
April 07, 2022

Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition Can Be Part of a Professional DR Plan

Joshua Hill | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Community Edition

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication

I use Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition to backup servers. This includes Windows, CentOS, and a file share. There are 9 jobs. I am impressed with the features, reporting, notifications, and ease of use. I could easily manage many more backup jobs. I have practiced single file restores and an entire machine restores to Hyper-V. Both work fine. I have no doubt a bare-metal restore will work as well. Do not hesitate to try out Community Edition.
  • Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux
  • None of the above
  • None of the above
  • Database-aware backups
  • CentOS folder level backups
  • Install and configuration
  • Full-system backups
  • There are too many email notification settings for my liking. There is a universal setting and then a per-job setting. In a robust IT department, this may be useful if specific employees or teams are assigned to specific servers, yet I think even then I would want them all falling into a shared mailbox. One address is enough.
  • I would like a graphical display of backup start times and their usual or estimated lengths.
  • I would like a graphical display of peak usage times to identify when many backup jobs overlap.

Do you think Veeam Data Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Veeam Data Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Veeam Data Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Veeam Data Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Veeam Data Platform again?

Yes

I am limited by the Community Edition license. I use it for 8-10 backup jobs. Most are full system backups. Some are database and file share backups.
  • I have less to worry about because Veeam is so good after initial configuration.
  • I sleep better knowing the data is safe.
There was no solution when I arrived on this job, save a few Windows-based full system backups.
We have not.
I have not used it yet. We have four NAS devices and I wouldn't hesitate to use them if/when we want a backup of that data.
It is very well suited for file share backups. It is easy to find and restore versions and it is easy to have high-frequency backups of file shares. It has come a long way with Linux-based backups. I think in older versions the Linux agent did not interact with the console as much as Windows-based agents. If I recall correctly, I would have to visit the Linux box to read backup logs or kick off a manual backup or make changes to backup settings. That's all much more integrated now.