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Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform
We use Veeam Data Platform for the Backup and Restore and Monitoring and Reporting pieces. We use it for Backups of our entire environment, modeling the 3-2-1 model. We use a Linux hardened repository with Immutability to protect from Ransomware. We have about 220 VMs we protect with our Veeam backup jobs and backup copy jobs. We maintain a 7-year retention. We will be moving the backup copy jobs to the cloud in 2024. We use the Monitoring and Reporting features to troubleshoot alarms and rightsize our systems.
Pros
- Allows for SQL databases to be restored elsewhere for DEV team to use for testing
- Provides immutability option to protect against Ransomware
- Provides Monitoring and Reporting tools
Cons
- Would like to be able to File Level Restores from data stored on a VVOL
- Would like to be able to perform Quarterly backup copy jobs for GFS options
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 backup over 220 VMs in our environment.
- We have had very few times when we needed to restore a systeme, but when we did we used Instant Recovery and had the VMs back up in about 20 minutes.
- Has been very useful for our DEV team to restore a copy of a database to another place and use it for testing.

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