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Veritas NetBackup Appliance pros and cons

Vendor: Veritas
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

Veritas NetBackup Appliance reduces hardware costs by integrating media server and storage functionalities.
Installation of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is straightforward, often completed within minutes.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance is highly scalable, serving many different kinds of systems effectively.
Intelligent policies in Veritas NetBackup Appliance provide automated protection for VMware infrastructures, significantly easing the workload for administrators.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance offers extensive backup coverage and robust support for enterprise needs.

CONS

Technical support could be improved as it seems insufficiently trained and slow in response.
Licensing is unclear and could benefit from more comprehensive details to avoid purchase errors.
Integration with cloud services and other solutions such as Business Intelligence products needs enhancement.
The pricing of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is considered high, and there is room for making it more competitive.
Scalability is problematic; users must add substantial storage rather than incremental amounts.
 

Veritas NetBackup Appliance Pros review quotes

Bckupdataad67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 4, 2019
The intelligent policies feature is used in order to protect the VMware infrastructure. One of the things that makes a big difference for our company is the usage of these intelligence policies. The system automatically provides extra protection for any VMware server application or service. From a backup administrator's point of view, this is what we call peace of mind. It reduces the workload and therefore reduces resources needed from the company.
reviewer1582083 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 26, 2021
The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds.
MT
Oct 8, 2020
I can confidently say that I have managed more than 30 or 50 appliances over different time periods, and yet I never had a single hardware failure.
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reviewer1508769 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2021
The initial setup gets easier the more you do it.
MB
Feb 5, 2020
It is very capable of scaling and very good for heterogeneous environments.
Andrea Trespidi - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 22, 2023
I have no stability issues to report...The initial setup is quite simple.
Associate67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 12, 2019
The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast.
AK
Jul 29, 2019
If you use the NetBackup Appliance you do not need to have separate media servers and hardware. You can configure the same storage as a media server and master server as well as a storage port. This helps to reduce the hardware costs of the media server.
reviewer1402401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 24, 2020
It has been our go-to product for backup.
Islam Hamed - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 12, 2020
The solution has a very easy-to-navigate user interface.
 

Veritas NetBackup Appliance Cons review quotes

Bckupdataad67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 4, 2019
The only drawback for NetBackup, and of course for Veritas, is that they have stuck to the same environment and to the same UI - User Interface. This needs to be improved in future releases. It needs to be more dynamic.
reviewer1582083 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 26, 2021
The upgrade process of the solution needs to be improved since it is extremely complicated, especially without the benefit of a support person who can guide one through it.
MT
Oct 8, 2020
In terms of implementing the solution, it's quite technical. You need to be knowledgable in order to pull off a successful deployment.
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reviewer1508769 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2021
The configuration can sometimes be tricky during implementation.
MB
Feb 5, 2020
I would like to see support for databases such as MySQL and MongoDB.
Andrea Trespidi - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 22, 2023
It is not easy because I have worked a lot on the tool, and in case it gets corrupted at any point, it is not easy to restore the data without losing information is not easy.
Associate67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 12, 2019
We had some problems with the backup of the physical server.
AK
Jul 29, 2019
With technical support, it feels like they aren't well trained and it takes forever to get answers out of them.
reviewer1402401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 24, 2020
The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace.
Islam Hamed - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 12, 2020
It would be a better solution if we were able to make more reports in regards to the backup system.