Veritas NetBackup Reviews

Our primary use case is to backup the databases for our enterprise clients.

It is a very good backup solution that we provide to the majority of our clients as a service.

It is very easy to perform a backup, and then verify whether it has been properly completed or not.

Add endpoint backup capability for a particular appliance. Currently it is server level only.

We use this product daily, and my impression of the stability is very good.

It is scalable. Our clients include fifty to sixty IT managers that are responsible for backing up their company's data. We plan to increase this number as we add new clients.

I have not contacted the product's technical support. We have our own lab set up for testing the product.

I use a second solution, Commvault, in cases where there is no domain. I did not, and still do not use another solution for our primary use case.

The setup, installation, and configuration is not complex. Once the product is configured, it is very easy to use.

For this solution, we handle the system integration for our clients. It takes approximately ten to fifteen days to deploy the backup solution.

I think that the pricing and licensing for this solution is good. It is affordable.

I have not had any issues or problems when using this solution. It has been working perfectly for our primary use case.

I would rate this solution eight out of ten.

Stability, easy troubleshooting

10 years (discontinuously)

No particular issue when deploying on Unix and windows master servers

No

7/10

7/10

I used alternatively networker, TSM and Netbackup

Straightforward, both on Solaris, Linux, and windows servers. Easy client installation (local or remote)

On the various missions i was able to use netbackup, the solution was installed, I participated to different upgrades and migrations.

We use Veritas NetBackup, to back up everything, especially the IT platforms and infrastructures.

Veritas NetBackup has assisted our company in securing data, protecting data, and protecting our business.

We believe that everything Veritas NetBackup offers, including backups, snapshots, deduplication, and replication, is valuable.

System administrators would be more efficient in NetBackup if the number of tools and command lines was reduced.

I have been using Veritas NetBackup for more than 15 years.

Veritas NetBackup is a stable product.

You can say that it is scalable.

Technical support is great.

In my opinion, I would say the initial setup is a complex process.

We require a specialized team to maintain this solution.

For the time being, we are handling or managing the backup solution on our own, but we may need assistance from support to resolve issues with the backup.

It is an expensive solution. It's expensive because it provides many features and options.

In my opinion, it is the best backup solution available. I would rate Veritas NetBackup a ten out of ten.

I am an integrator and I provide solutions for our customers.

This solution is used for the backup and recovery of our customer's data.

We like the use of the tasks.

The documentation is good.

The implementation process could be simplified to make it quicker.

I was certified with NetBackup in 2008. There was a bit of a break in using backup solutions but I recently started using it again for our customer who is using it. I have approximately two years of experience.

We are working with NetBackup 9.1.

Veritas NetBackup is stable. We have not experienced any bugs or glitches with this solution.

At this moment, we are satisfied with it.

The scalability is impressive. Our clients are mostly enterprise businesses.

At this time, we have no plans to increase our usage or move to another solution. We recently implemented this product and we are satisfied with the tasks it performs.

If we have any issues, we contact technical support in Russia. They provide us with a resolution.

We are very satisfied with the technical support.

The initial setup is not complex. We implement from the Veritas site and we use the knowledge base.

It can take several months to implement this solution. We had to prepare the architecture, the guides, and documentation for several data centers. It was not a fast implementation.

Our license is capacity-based.

I would rate Veritas NetBackup a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case for NetBackup is to protect all the servers and applications that we have in our company.

Veritas released a new feature in version 8 of NetBackup called VRP. It's kind of like replication management from VMware.

The great thing about this feature is that Veritas gave it to us for free. 

Sometimes we have problems with the support team. They always end up solving and fixing everything, but sometimes they are slow to respond. Maybe they can increase the number of personnel they have for the Spanish language.

I also think they could improve the reporting. They use a web-based software application OpsCenter for the reporting and I see that they haven't made any changes in years. 

My company has been using this solution for eight years. 

This solution is stable. 

Veritas NetBackup is very scalable. 

I personally have a lot of experience with this product, but someone without a whole lot of knowledge about it would have to partner up with a vendor. I would say overall deployment is at a medium level of difficulty. 

It takes about a week to deploy the solution. This is a backend solution, a master server. Sometimes, it can be difficult to set up the window changes, configure the Oracle database, etc. 

We use it for the daily backup.

It has a very good user interface.

It is a very expensive solution. They should have a different scheme for selling it. 

They should also make it easy for us to switch from Solaris to Linux. We are having some trouble in migrating our actual catalog from Solaris to Linux.

I have been using this solution for 13 years.

It has very good stability.

Its scalability is very good so far.

I never used their technical support. It has good documentation and information.

We switched because of the price and support.

The initial setup is easy. Deployment is quick, but some systems can have issues.

I used integrators. They were very good. I have two people for its maintenance.

It is very expensive. The licensing cost for this solution is on a yearly basis. It is approximately 50k. We will continue using it at least for the next year, but we are currently doing an analysis to switch to some other solution.

It is a mature and complete solution for backup. I would rate Veritas NetBackup a seven out of ten.

We are an SMB, but for our client, it is a life saver.

• TAR importing
• Scriptable scheduling
• Central catalog
• Local and remote backup
• DLO: Client for laptops
  

• Integration
• Setup implementation

There were no issues with stability.

There were no issues with scalability yet. However, our largest customer barely has 100 NBU clients.

On Veritas, the response time is good.

Our customers have used a very wide variety of options. However, almost all of them switched due to better handling time, straight line backup, recover windows, integration with BD, and better archiving options.

The initial setup varies from customer to customer. Most setups are straightforward, but they tend to be complex over time, due to adding DR sites, alternative media, and tuning backup times.

Personally, I'd tell them to make an inventory of what they want to backup, how often, and the size of backup and recovery windows. After that, we talk about how their requirements weigh in on the pricing/licensing. After that, then the real thing starts.

We evaluated several solutions, including free/open source options and we ran some trials.

Always leave room for more options.

It offers everything I need from a backup system. I am completely sure that all my data is backed up.

We now have a reliable backup system. Also, it provides us with great integration possibilities for different products, e.g. Informix, Oracle, MySQL, VMware, Linux, Unix, and Windows. It also helps with deduplication and the backing up of flash systems.

Technical support needs to improve, especially with the appliances.

It's the best and most reliable backup system I've used.