IBM Spectrum Protect vs Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] comparison

IBM and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 86% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Protect

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86% willing to recommend

Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]

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86% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Protect

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

149

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Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

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Featured Reviews

Syed Habib

Head of Infrastructure Security (S.A.V.P) at EXIM Bank Ltd

Manageable and comprehensive and integrates robust backup features for core banking

It's adequate for my core banking, however, I am looking for another solution for all systems. It is not compatible with other operating systems like Windows or Linux, and lacks a consolidated dashboard from Browser Spectrum. This is why I am searching for another solution. The product also lacks any centralized graphical user interface (GUI), such as Jarek Pod, and I am limited to using a console-based text user interface, which my local partner handles completely.

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David Villota

EMEA Hosting Engineer at Yanfeng Automotive

Reliable and issue-free with a helpful onboarding wizard

The solution has been installed on Linux machines. The solution is issue-free. We are happy with it. The solution has been stable and reliable. It is scalable. My understanding the setup is pretty straightforward and that the onboarding wizard is pretty easy to follow. I've never had to…

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Pros

"The software-defined ability to do data reduction through deduplication and compression, as well as being able to replicate data to a cloud container."

"The most valuable features are the stability and also how it's seamlessly integrated with other IBM offerings."

"One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."

"Replication processes with container storage pools allow reduction of storage space and network bandwidth, using deduplication and compression."

"It is an IBM product. With SAP, you are using IBM software to protect it. DB2 and AIX servers are both IBM. Therefore, it is a total IBM solution, which helps."

"Good user interface."

"The ability to migrate between media over a long period of time. My customers are long-time users, and they have benefited from being able to move between tiers. They have been able to do this within the product."

"We can use it with any storage for the back-end to save data."

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"Veeam has a "next, next, finish" installer, and the overall deployment is straightforward. The deployment is easy because Veeam is compatible with all our VMware services and VMs. Veeam Backup and Veeam ONE are integrated into vCenter or vSphere site deployments, so we don't need to deploy each server one by one."

"It is scalable."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration with Veeam Backup & Replication console."

"The technical support is good."

"The flexibility and user-friendliness of Veeam make it very IT operations-friendly."

"Veeam Agent for Linux's most valuable feature is the compatibility with virtual machines, such as VMware."

"The solution is very simple. Management of the platform is so simple that we don't need to have any training to deploy this solution."

"The only thing I really like about it is that you can deploy it from Backup and Replication onto a virtual Linux machine."

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Cons

"We have had some problems about using storage agents on the X6 environment. It is not quite stable, but it is also not supported in a virtualized environment."

"The administration interface should implement more functionalities that exist only in the command line and needs improvement in how some reports are created."

"We have run into some periods where we have found some tape issues which were causing us problems, but we resolved them. For some reason, we had a bunch of drives go offline on our disk storage (our virtual library)."

"I think Spectrum Protect's interface is not so user-friendly, but the interface is not so friendly. Some of the functions are too complicated. I prefer a simpler solution."

"I find the Level 1 and Level 2 support spend 80% of the time communicating the same information that I have already provided."

"They should have a proper technical support team serving the customers and get issues resolved earlier."

"The features should be a little bit closer together."

"I want to see better compression than what it currently does."

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"In new releases, I hope they can support Oracle cloud."

"It could use deduplication features."

"The integration needs improvement."

"We are currently waiting for the continuous backup process."

"It has no cloud backup feature. You can't back up anywhere outside of your local network."

"They could be more customer-friendly."

"More Linux systems should be made compatible with the solution."

"It would be much better if more applications were supported on the Linux side. For example, their agent for Windows not only can back up the Windows machine, but it can also back up Active Directory for granular restore, SQL servers, Exchange, Oracle, SharePoint, etc. When it comes to Linux, only Oracle databases are supported. There are workarounds, though."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective."

"Some of the new advanced features are definitely more into cost savings, e.g., dedupe compression, so doing more with less."

"You need to put it in a PoC and test it out if you can."

"Licensing IBM Spectrum Protect can be somewhat confusing for new users due to the options available, such as licensing on a capacity or per server basis."

"We have spec'd out our build, and the cost of it can work quite easily today for our future needs."

"There may be an advantage to going with IBM in terms of pricing. They have a pay-as-you-grow policy, so there is no need to take one license for the entire datacenter. You can start with small licenses and then grow, and pay, as you use more."

"The licensing is varied. If we have small environments (not many TB being managed) it is best to license by PVUs (depending on the number of cores of the machine). If we manage many TBs we look at licensing by capacity which allows us to use all the agents of the product."

"The solution's pricing is fair. Price-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten."

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"We have purchased a license to use Veeam Agent for Linux and the additional support. The overall cost of Veeam Agent for Linux is expensive."

"Price-wise it's good."

"The costing is very competitive."

"Licensing costs are $300,000 USD yearly, and we pay for three years at a time."

"There's the principal license for Veeam Agent for Linux, and then you need to buy additional licenses for your machines."

"Veeam Agent is one of the cheapest products in the market."

"The solution is rather expensive and I think the price is too high."

"It's a subscription based license, which is started on a yearly basis. Currently the licensing is split between three editions: standard, enterprise, and enterprise plus. As long as you check the comparison between the additions and make sure that you have what you need, there are no extra costs with Veeam."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Educational Organization

Photography Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

17%

Real Estate/Law Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Protect?

IBM Spectrum Protect is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Protect?

It's expensive. I acknowledge the cost associated with it.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?

One point for improvement for IBM Spectrum Protect is security, as IBM has not been investing as much as in the past. There is a need for additional layers of security to fill the gaps, which is wh...

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Also Known As

IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

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Overview

IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) family. It enables reliable, cost effective backups and fast recovery for virtual, physical and cloud environments of all sizes.

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Veeam Agent for Linux is a simple backup agent that’s designed to ensure the Availability of your Linux installations, both on‑premises and in the public cloud. Veeam Agent for Linux’s built‑in integration with Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to leverage your Veeam backup repositories and get your on‑premises backups off site.

https://www.veeam.com/linux-cloud-server-backup-agent.html

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Sample Customers

CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology

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