OpenText Data Protector Reviews

Name: OpenText Data Protector
Brand: OpenText
Rating: 4 (101 reviews)

3.8 out of 5

101 reviews
80% willing to recommend

3,452 followers

What is OpenText Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

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OpenText Data Protector is the #22 ranked solution in best Backup and Recovery Software. PeerSpot users give OpenText Data Protector an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. OpenText Data Protector is most commonly compared to Veeam Backup & Replication: OpenText Data Protector vs Veeam Backup & Replication. OpenText Data Protector is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 62% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 18% of all views.

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OpenText Data Protector

August 2024

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Jeroen Vranckaerts

System Engineer - Server & Storage, DBA at Audi Brussels

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a five out of ten. OpenText Data Protector is complex to configure correctly, but the areas concerning the data and compression are good. Once you get the product to work, it works, but it's much too complex to configure and troubleshoot, as it takes a lot of time and energy, making it not so efficient. Once the tool is configured in your environment, it provides good backup and compression features. In my company, we use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our servers, and we have a team of 20 people to take care of the data backup using the tool. My company doesn't use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our client's computers. In my company, we have scheduled the process related to backup, which makes the tool run daily around 30 to 40 times.

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A. AhadAlam

Head Of Systems Group at NCCPL

Due to some management issues, we're moving to Data Domain The solution is easy to use. The management of the product is also easy. We faced some certification issues after we upgraded to version 10.2. I have been using the solution for around 16 years. The tool is stable. I rate the stability…

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Takashi Asano

Sales Engineer at Palo Alto Networks

What we find most valuable in Micro Focus Data Protector is that it provides Japanese data protection, for example, it protects information such as the full Japanese name, address, etc We have a lot of requests for the Micro Focus team, particularly in terms of the Japanese data pattern, as it's…

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OpenText Data Protector mindshare

As of September 2024, the mindshare of OpenText Data Protector in the Backup and Recovery category stands at 0.6%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Last updated Aug 28, 2024

Valuable Features

"In one of the projects involving a database and UCMDB integration, we needed to manage a large database. We used the scheduling feature in Data Protector to automate backups."
"The tool's most valuable aspect is its ease of management. It was not complex. In terms of features, I can mention a couple of things. For example, if you need to restore a VM, you can do it with multiple streams in OpenText Data Protector, which is an advantage over Commvault, from what I've noticed, having worked with multiple tools. Another thing is the Oracle backups; configuring Oracle backups is much easier in OpenText Data Protector."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

Room for Improvement

"Recently, clients have raised concerns about the lack of comprehensive documentation for Data Protector."
"The challenge is that we can't restore a single file from the VM in the data process when we do VM backups. But with Commvault, you can restore a single file even if you have a VM snapshot package. That's one drawback of this tool. When we do VM backups, it should help us browse the VMs to restore a single file instead of doing the complete VM restore."
"OpenText Data Protector is more difficult to use and configure than OpenText VIM. The user-friendliness of OpenText Data Protector has to be increased, and the complexity of the tool needs to be reduced."

Pricing

The pricing for OpenText Data Protector is generally reasonable and competitive compared to other vendors. However, some reviewers mentioned that the licensing can be expensive, especially for the capacity license.

There are two main types of licenses available - a perpetual license with a one-time charge and a subscription license that requires annual payments. Some reviewers also mentioned that the licensing structure can be confusing and there is a need for improvement in pricing.