Regarding technical support, if one has the entire enterprise support, I would rate it a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Spectrum Protect/TSM Specialist at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Reseller
2022-08-22T15:41:00Z
Aug 22, 2022
Its flexibility is valuable. It is a very flexible solution. There are always more ways than one to do something. It is a software solution, which means you can buy your own hardware and expand it whenever you want. You are not boxed in or locked into something you've bought and outgrown. You can always expand it.
Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
2021-12-22T17:44:00Z
Dec 22, 2021
The addition of the retention set feature provides a reduction in storage costs. It also reduces RTO and RPO so that you can respond quickly to your clients and services in case of data loss.
Systems Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reseller
2021-12-08T10:59:06Z
Dec 8, 2021
In the past, one of the most valuable features, and the biggest advantage, was the incremental forever feature. Not many other backup vendors provided that. In the pre-virtualization environment, it was very robust and simple technology, especially writing to tape.
AIX System Administration at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-11-10T19:35:36Z
Nov 10, 2021
We like IBM Spectrum's versioning capabilities. It lets us specify how many versions of a file we want to keep and for how long. Also, the archive component of the software helps us a lot.
Senior Systems Engineer at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
Real User
2021-11-03T16:12:25Z
Nov 3, 2021
It is a very good and mature enterprise product. Once it is set up and everything is put in, you don't have to manage it. It actually runs automatically by itself.
manager technique at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-07-27T14:47:00Z
Jul 27, 2021
The feature we have found most valuable is when you want to integrate it with a Tape Library and then do the DRM life cycle. That is when it works the best.
AIX System Administration at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-04-21T19:04:56Z
Apr 21, 2021
One of the main things that I like about IBM is the versioning of the data - meaning that we can have multiple versions of a file or directory of a server.
Manager - Storage & Backup at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-04-05T20:01:23Z
Apr 5, 2021
We have been using it for several years, and it is quite reliable and predictable. We are quite comfortable with this solution. They're coming up with new features as well.
It has good scalability, and it provides good integrations with business-critical applications or databases, such as SAP HANA. It works as expected, and we don't see any issues.
Data Protection Specialist at Tech Mahindra Limited
Real User
2020-10-29T12:02:52Z
Oct 29, 2020
The backup of Sybase databases is the most valuable feature in the existing environment.
They have got the most documentation out there on the internet for its software protection. The documentation is excellent, and there are a lot of blogs, websites. Because it's still one of the oldest products out there for data protection, there are also lots of people who have a lot of experience in using this solution.
IT Infrastructure and Architecture Manager at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-10-04T06:40:20Z
Oct 4, 2020
The feature that I have found the most valuable is that IBM Spectrum Protect is highly integrated with IBM ESS. In addition, it allows us to back up our virtual servers directly to take VM snapshots. It runs on Linux as well.
Network Systems Analyst III at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-07-26T08:19:00Z
Jul 26, 2020
Instead of taking three different backups of your systems, you're taking only one. You're able to crack that open and get what you need. The incident recovery, where it creates the VM and then you're running it, technically you're running it on Spectrum Protect. But then in the background, it's doing the storage motion and moving it off the Spectrum Protect back to your VMware environment. The users don't know the difference.
SPIR is Instant Recovery for Spectrum Protect. It sends snapshots using space efficiently and blocking backups to the Spectrum Protect server. It provisions the snapshot from the backup server to the same or new server near instantly.
All other products contain the same features, but when I'm backing up an IBM Power server I feel more comfortable with IBM Spectrum Protect because it's the same vendor.
IT Infrastructure Analyst at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2018-05-23T07:58:00Z
May 23, 2018
We optimize our costs of media and storage use, thanks to the Incremental Forever backup. The TDP software provides us many ways to protect our data, so we don't need to use monstrous scripts for doing backups now.
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.
The platform’s most valuable feature is its ability to verify the recoverability of backups.
IBM Spectrum Protect is stable.
The platform has valuable stability.
The tool proves invaluable in scenarios where systems need recovery, such as restoring damaged data.
Incremental backup is highly valuable as it allows for significant time and cost savings.
The deduplication and compression features are the most valuable features.
It is a really scalable solution. We can scale it up. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
The file-restoring feature is the most valuable.
Regarding technical support, if one has the entire enterprise support, I would rate it a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
I have found that the most valuable feature is useful documentation and troubleshooting.
The scalability of IBM Spectrum Protect is good.
Its flexibility is valuable. It is a very flexible solution. There are always more ways than one to do something. It is a software solution, which means you can buy your own hardware and expand it whenever you want. You are not boxed in or locked into something you've bought and outgrown. You can always expand it.
Spectrum Protect's best feature is that I can use it practically anywhere, on any platform, and for any servers or clients.
We are talking about a stable solution which boasts good performance and security.
It's a very stable product, and we've never had any downtime with it.
One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product.
The addition of the retention set feature provides a reduction in storage costs. It also reduces RTO and RPO so that you can respond quickly to your clients and services in case of data loss.
I've had no problems with the stability of this solution.
Good deduplication and compression features.
IBM Spectrum Protect offers stable software and products.
In the past, one of the most valuable features, and the biggest advantage, was the incremental forever feature. Not many other backup vendors provided that. In the pre-virtualization environment, it was very robust and simple technology, especially writing to tape.
IBM Spectrum Protect is a scalable solution.
I find the whole product useful. The backup archive client, snapshot, spectrum for virtual environments are beneficial features.
The business value comes from the capability to overcome data losses.
We like IBM Spectrum's versioning capabilities. It lets us specify how many versions of a file we want to keep and for how long. Also, the archive component of the software helps us a lot.
It is a very good and mature enterprise product. Once it is set up and everything is put in, you don't have to manage it. It actually runs automatically by itself.
Its incremental forever approach is valuable, so we don't have to load tapes to do a restore.
IBM support is friendly, knowledgeable, and they always respond quickly. They've always been able to find the cause of my problem.
The most valuable feature of this solution is the centralized enterprise backup.
You can scale the product.
Nothing beats this solution for file backup.
The customization and the ability to backup across all platforms are the most valuable features.
The feature we have found most valuable is when you want to integrate it with a Tape Library and then do the DRM life cycle. That is when it works the best.
The solution is really scalable.
The backup is very good. In other backup systems, you need a lot of storage to gain the same backup policy.
You can do restores very quickly. You can mount a drive and restore it right from the drive.
The solution is mostly stable.
It is a very stable product. The cost is similar to that of other enterprise solutions.
One of the main things that I like about IBM is the versioning of the data - meaning that we can have multiple versions of a file or directory of a server.
We have been using it for several years, and it is quite reliable and predictable. We are quite comfortable with this solution. They're coming up with new features as well.
It has good scalability, and it provides good integrations with business-critical applications or databases, such as SAP HANA. It works as expected, and we don't see any issues.
The MN backup for a cluster is most valuable because it has made backing up the GSF as a zero-file system easier.
I like its stability a lot. Over the years, I very rarely had a problem with it.
Technical support is okay. We have not had many issues with them.
It's very robust and has been on the market for a long time.
We've found the product to be quite stable and the performance is very good.
In general, the solution is quite user-friendly. The GUI is very nice.
Support of the IBM X platform and the backup data replication to DR are the most valuable features.
The licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure.
It is good in terms of functionality. My clients are very satisfied with this solution.
The solution offers very good flexibility.
The backup of Sybase databases is the most valuable feature in the existing environment.
They have got the most documentation out there on the internet for its software protection. The documentation is excellent, and there are a lot of blogs, websites. Because it's still one of the oldest products out there for data protection, there are also lots of people who have a lot of experience in using this solution.
Their GUI has improved quite a bit. It's made the solution a lot simpler and less complex.
The feature that I have found the most valuable is that IBM Spectrum Protect is highly integrated with IBM ESS. In addition, it allows us to back up our virtual servers directly to take VM snapshots. It runs on Linux as well.
Good user interface.
The most valuable feature is the backup speed.
Instead of taking three different backups of your systems, you're taking only one. You're able to crack that open and get what you need. The incident recovery, where it creates the VM and then you're running it, technically you're running it on Spectrum Protect. But then in the background, it's doing the storage motion and moving it off the Spectrum Protect back to your VMware environment. The users don't know the difference.
The most valuable features are the stability and also how it's seamlessly integrated with other IBM offerings.
The archiving feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution.
The interface is easy to use.
SPIR is Instant Recovery for Spectrum Protect. It sends snapshots using space efficiently and blocking backups to the Spectrum Protect server. It provisions the snapshot from the backup server to the same or new server near instantly.
This solution has improved our organization through better file and database recovery.
The fact that we can take the backup straight onto tape is the most valuable feature.
The most valuable features are compression and de-duplication.
The best part of this solution is that it just works.
The product is very stable.
It is a very mature product.
Incremental forever: This feature helps us reduce backup time and backup storage space.
All other products contain the same features, but when I'm backing up an IBM Power server I feel more comfortable with IBM Spectrum Protect because it's the same vendor.
We optimize our costs of media and storage use, thanks to the Incremental Forever backup. The TDP software provides us many ways to protect our data, so we don't need to use monstrous scripts for doing backups now.
The software-defined ability to do data reduction through deduplication and compression, as well as being able to replicate data to a cloud container.
It saves you a lot of storage.