The improvement we would like to see is the option to scale Veeam Data up in smaller sections rather than large sections, which requires paying much more. The navigation of menus can be difficult to find what you're looking for sometimes.
Veeam Data Platform lacks cyber security tools. The solution's competitors, Rubrik and Cohesity, have much better tools for analyzing data to determine whether there has been a cyber attack.
Presales Consultant at Progenet Innovations Sdn Bhd
Reseller
Top 5
2024-04-17T07:18:00Z
Apr 17, 2024
The solution’s scalability could be improved. Veeam Data Platform has limitations for features like Hyper-V and open-source hypervisors outside VMware.
The solution's price could be cheaper. It would be nice if the solution scanned for malware in the backups. A lot of Veeam's vendors are moving to Site Recovery, not just the traditional backup and restore. If that were an area they'd be moving into, then that would be very good.
They could offer a hardware appliance as a comprehensive, full-stack solution. At present, we have independent software and hardware for data backup purposes. Instead, they could provide all the necessary components in one single box. Additionally, they should add new features for containers to align with the landscape of new technologies and cloud-native applications.
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Reseller
Top 5
2024-01-23T15:32:23Z
Jan 23, 2024
Veeam has been rolling out a lot of integrations lately. But compared to the other backup vendors, they are a little bit behind on the application support. Veeam does image-based backups, whether it be of virtual machines or physical workloads, and they are able to back up general applications like Active Directory, SQL, Exchange, or SharePoint. Sometimes, even Oracle and SAP. But still, there are many customers using other types of databases that Veeam does not natively support. For example, in the Linux area, MySQL and PostgreSQL are supported, but with many limitations. Like, if a customer is running a Postgres cluster, Veeam does not support that. If a customer is running a MySQL cluster, Veeam does not support that. But they support customers who have standalone instances of such workloads. So, I'd really like to see Veeam start to focus on supporting as many applications and scenarios as possible because that is the major difference between them and the other backup vendors. So, supporting more applications and cluster scenarios is key. Especially cluster scenarios.
Veeam Data Platform uses only a limited set of features. The product's pricing is an area of concern where improvements are required. Our company will eventually renew the licenses, and then we will discuss internally the cost in the upcoming year because we don't have the time to switch to another solution. If my company gets a solution that does the same job as Veeam Data Platform for a lower price, then we may switch over to that product only because of pricing. Our company uses the tool for its features that allow for the backing up of virtual machines and SQL databases, so it is not a big deal to switch over to another solution since we don't have a very large system in that sense. My company only has around 15 to 20 virtual machines, so any tool that provides backup for the virtual machines and helps us with the replication to another location is okay for us.
The product must improve its performance. Sometimes, the backup is very slow. It might be because of the backup infrastructure or the network infrastructure. Sometimes, it is because of Veeam’s abilities.
I recommended adding Azure for EBMI XPower backup and incorporating SolarWinds for end-of-month risk processes, which were not part of the initial solution.
Every backup solution has a different approach to deployment. Veeam is not in SaaS right now. It is not cloud-based. They are only on an exchange license basis. They should plan to have a cloud-based backup. Veeam has partnered with Wasabi for a backup cloud, but they should try to get their backup solution. Moreover, the support should be faster.
The price could be optimized, and I am still waiting for support for physical hardware. However, it is currently easy to back up and restore environments with this software. So, there is room for improvement in the pricing model and support.
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The improvement we would like to see is the option to scale Veeam Data up in smaller sections rather than large sections, which requires paying much more. The navigation of menus can be difficult to find what you're looking for sometimes.
The product's initial setup process could be complex for application backup and database agent installations.
They could improve the product's response times for technical support and enhance support for newer hypervisors.
The product must be able to perform different types of backups.
Veeam Data Platform should improve its air gap backup features.
Veeam Data Platform lacks cyber security tools. The solution's competitors, Rubrik and Cohesity, have much better tools for analyzing data to determine whether there has been a cyber attack.
The solution’s scalability could be improved. Veeam Data Platform has limitations for features like Hyper-V and open-source hypervisors outside VMware.
The solution's price could be cheaper. It would be nice if the solution scanned for malware in the backups. A lot of Veeam's vendors are moving to Site Recovery, not just the traditional backup and restore. If that were an area they'd be moving into, then that would be very good.
Granular-level backup is difficult. Restoring one email, file, folder, or database table is very hard. The vendor must work on visualization.
They could offer a hardware appliance as a comprehensive, full-stack solution. At present, we have independent software and hardware for data backup purposes. Instead, they could provide all the necessary components in one single box. Additionally, they should add new features for containers to align with the landscape of new technologies and cloud-native applications.
The solution's pricing may be expensive compared to other products.
Veeam has been rolling out a lot of integrations lately. But compared to the other backup vendors, they are a little bit behind on the application support. Veeam does image-based backups, whether it be of virtual machines or physical workloads, and they are able to back up general applications like Active Directory, SQL, Exchange, or SharePoint. Sometimes, even Oracle and SAP. But still, there are many customers using other types of databases that Veeam does not natively support. For example, in the Linux area, MySQL and PostgreSQL are supported, but with many limitations. Like, if a customer is running a Postgres cluster, Veeam does not support that. If a customer is running a MySQL cluster, Veeam does not support that. But they support customers who have standalone instances of such workloads. So, I'd really like to see Veeam start to focus on supporting as many applications and scenarios as possible because that is the major difference between them and the other backup vendors. So, supporting more applications and cluster scenarios is key. Especially cluster scenarios.
Veeam Data Platform uses only a limited set of features. The product's pricing is an area of concern where improvements are required. Our company will eventually renew the licenses, and then we will discuss internally the cost in the upcoming year because we don't have the time to switch to another solution. If my company gets a solution that does the same job as Veeam Data Platform for a lower price, then we may switch over to that product only because of pricing. Our company uses the tool for its features that allow for the backing up of virtual machines and SQL databases, so it is not a big deal to switch over to another solution since we don't have a very large system in that sense. My company only has around 15 to 20 virtual machines, so any tool that provides backup for the virtual machines and helps us with the replication to another location is okay for us.
The product must provide better security. It must provide an integration with a tool that has ransomware protection.
The licensed schema needs to be simple because it is more complicated than the previous one.
The product must improve its performance. Sometimes, the backup is very slow. It might be because of the backup infrastructure or the network infrastructure. Sometimes, it is because of Veeam’s abilities.
I recommended adding Azure for EBMI XPower backup and incorporating SolarWinds for end-of-month risk processes, which were not part of the initial solution.
Every backup solution has a different approach to deployment. Veeam is not in SaaS right now. It is not cloud-based. They are only on an exchange license basis. They should plan to have a cloud-based backup. Veeam has partnered with Wasabi for a backup cloud, but they should try to get their backup solution. Moreover, the support should be faster.
The price could be optimized, and I am still waiting for support for physical hardware. However, it is currently easy to back up and restore environments with this software. So, there is room for improvement in the pricing model and support.
SureBackup is sometimes a bit difficult to use.