Veeam on VMware - force multiplier.
April 08, 2025
Veeam on VMware - force multiplier.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Veeam Backup & Replication
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform
We use Veeam B&R to protect VMware, Proxmox, Hyper-V, and baremetal workloads. It is able to meet our RPO and RTO needs with room to spare. Veeam helps us sleep better at night.
Pros
- Integrations - building your environment around Veeam offers real benefits (eg DirectSAN)
- Flexibility - the new instance based licenses proved to be far more flexible than the older socket based licensing. 1 VM / 1 workstation / 1 instance.
- Hardware Agnostic - bring your own Hardened Linux Repo / SAN / compute.
Cons
- ProxMox integration - glad they've added what they have, but it is clearly incomplete
- Lower priority support cases - high-severity cases still get prompt attention, but lower priority cases draw on for weeks or in some cases months.
- Scoped access / RBAC in Veeam B&R. Enterprise Manager offers SOME additional controls, but the B&R thick console is very rigid in its role assignment.
- Veeam is easy to stand up once you're comfortable with it - I rebuilt my environment off our AD recently, and the process took about 6 hours from start to finish.
- The Veeam console is intuitive; I can rapidly train new hires on the workflow and features.
Veeam was far more feature-rich and affordable than any of the other options we evaluated.
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
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