Veeam for the Win!
February 11, 2022

Veeam for the Win!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Community Edition

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication

I honestly love Veeam. They provide enough options of configuration for specific job functions, along with the ease of use you'd expect from an enterprise solution in today's day and age. The ability to install the console software anywhere you like is quite handy, and the new features getting added all the time prove to be consistently helpful. If you have VMs or Physical Hosts to back up there is really not a better product out there. I check my backups once a week, and they are always successful. What more could you ask for?

Pros

  • Excellent, easy-to-use console.
  • Application-aware processing of workloads.
  • Granular file restoration & instant restores.
  • Ability to segment jobs for specific goals & timeframes.

Cons

  • One-Time Full Backup to selected storage - provide an option on a normal job to allow a single Full backup that would let you choose removable storage such as a portable hard drive. This would be great for cold storage retention.
  • Make a wizard that would allow you to relocate a backup chain if your destination storage is getting full. This is currently only done manually.
  • Create job templates, so if you need to create another similar job you can save that config as a template rather than "cloning" a different job.

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

  • Instant / granular file restores saves time & money.
  • Peace of mind company assets are protected.
  • Confidence that your proposed disaster recovery plan is functional.
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Veeam is incredibly well suited for backing up Virtual and Physical hosts. I have had to back up many different types of workload with Veeam and it has always done a great job of handling servers & virtual machines of any OS type. Veeam is less appropriate for backing up NAS devices. Many companies are utilizing devices such as a Synology for bulk file/project storage, and it is very costly to get the licensing required to be able to protect these devices. The workaround implemented at most places is to create an iSCSI connection to these storage devices so they are seen as a Windows volume rather than directly backing up a NAS.

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