Item: Veeam Data Platform
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Veeam Backup & Replication for backups of all my servers. Veeam used to only be for virtual machines but now supports backup of hardware machines also. I also use Veeam to replicate production virtual machines to a DR secondary site. I know all servers are backed up thanks to Veeam.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Veeam Backup is one of those things that just works. I very rarely need to interact with Veeam unless I am making a change to the backup jobs.
Veeam handles all backup jobs seamlessly from production to backup servers to offsite backups and replicating virtual machines to a DR site.
Veeam handles any hardware for storage. I have a mix of storage servers varying in age and each work equally well with Veeam. Repositories can be very easily added and changed.

Cons

I really cannot think of any complaints with Veeam. The biggest complaint for a long time was that Veeam did not work with physical servers but this has since been changed. Veeam is constantly adding new capabilities and never falls behind.

Return on Investment

Veeam is very hardware agnostic and can handle any hardware for storage. I am always amazed at how easily I can add storage repositories on very inexpensive hardware.
I use Veeam to replicate production servers to a DR environment without needing additional applications. Using Veeam this way is much less expensive than using VMWare's SRM.
I will soon be doing a migration from VMWare to Hyper-V. This process will be much easier and less expensive thank to Veeam. Without Veeam I would not consider doing this migration.

Alternatives Considered

Veritas Backup Exec and System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Veeam has made my life so much easier. In previous envirnoments I have to follow strict hardware compatibility and faced many many daily backup job issues. Veeam works so well often times I forget it even exists.

Other Software Used

Notepad++, Netwrix Auditor, BeyondTrust Remote Support (formerly Bomgar), LastPass for Business

Likelihood to Recommend

I highly recommend Veeam. Systems I used before would need constant attention and were restrictive on what hardware was supported for storage. Veeam will work with any storage available giving it a huge cost advantage. I use Veeam for backups of production servers, then copy them to offsite storage. Veeam is also used to replicate virtual machines to DR hypervisors at a different site. I do not need to use separate systems for backup and replication.

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