Item: Veritas NetBackup
Rating: 8
Author: Max Pang

Overall Satisfaction with Veritas NetBackup

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is being used across the whole organization. It provides data protection for mission-critical data to various mediums ranging from tape to vtl.

Pros and Cons

Pros

uses in-house catalog vs database products
Netbackup -- Biomni provides self-service backup subscription with a simple to use user interface
Agentless backup for virtual servers
Connectivity to major cloud service providers.
The client can perform self restore from the server

Cons

Their user interface could be updated as the user interface has been around for a long time.
Advance features are a challenge to configure
Media Server MDSP limitation may require proper planning

Return on Investment

Cost may be a driving factor to look into alternative solutions
The self-service portal is useful for customers/users, especially when it provides a simple summary page on the backup capacity for charging references.
Agentless backup on virtual clients

Alternatives Considered

Data Protector (formerly HP Data Protector)

Veritas NetBackup provides a far better backup solution in terms of the available options and configurability of backups.
It's a more advanced backup tool compared to Data Protector.

Other Software Used

CommVault, Carbonite Availability (formerly DoubleTake), NetApp OnCommand

Veritas Self Service is a user-friendly and simple interface where the user can choose from the pre-defined backup policy.
For a new backup administrator, it may pose a challenge to configure advanced features, as to enable the features it requires to go in-depth into settings which are not easy to locate.

Veritas NetBackup Feature Ratings

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