Out goto backup, recovery and testing solution
Updated May 18, 2022
Out goto backup, recovery and testing solution
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Community Edition
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam Backup & Replication has become our goto for backup and recovery. it's easy to use and extremely customizable. One of our favorite features is the ability to auto test restores so we can sleep well knowing our infrastrucutre is ready in the event of a bad day even that requires us to restore many of our systems.
- Virtualized workloads
- Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux
- Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure
- In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads
- Enterprise applications such as Oracle or SAP HANA
- NAS filers
- Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention
- Utilizing backup copies for secondary purposes via DataLabs
- Automating test restores to validate recoverability
- Immutable storage to protect against ransomware
- “Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted)
- Failover or recovery scripts/plans for orchestrated recovery
- Automating test restores to validate recoverability
- Consistent Daily backups
- Automate copy to offsite
- Immutable backup storage
- requires a little bit of upfront training to take advantage of all features
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
we currently protect ~20 workloads, this is what we expected as we started deployments.
- consistency of successful backups
- fees up time
- confidence in recovery
the key that drove us to look at Veeam backup & Replication was the immutable backups and automatic testing of our backups. Once we dove into the automatic testing we found it really was a perfect fit for our environment and needs. The customizations were exactly what we needed for our customer base.
We have utilized Veeam in our cloud approach it was an easy goto solution because we are were so comfortable with it in our on prem deployment.
we have not taken advantage of this capability as we do not run any nas type devices.
Using Veeam Backup & Replication
- Backups
- Cyber Preparedness
- Recovery
- duplicate backups offsite
- Continuous replication
- keep DR file servers in sync
Evaluating Veeam Backup & Replication and Competitors
- Price
- Product Features
Now that we know what Veeam brings to the table we would require any new offering to bring just as many features for the price as Veeam
Veeam Backup & Replication Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was minimal
- Setting up cloud repository, it's easy to setup if you don't worry about security.
Veeam Backup & Replication Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
We are a small shop and look for many ways to save on our IT budget this being one of them, so far have received the support we need w/o premium
Our initial deployment questions were quickly answered from our support team. it made us feel like the only customer they were concerned with.
Using Veeam Backup & Replication
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Layout of GUI
- granular control of environment
- additional value add options when setting up jobs
- setting up cloud repositories can be challenging