OpenText Corporation

OpenText Data Protector

7.5 /10

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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Awards & Recognition

OpenText Data Protector won the following awards in the Backup and Availability category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019

OpenText Data Protector Ratings

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78 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

89 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love OpenText Data Protector?

3% Negative

13% Neutral

84% Positive

Pros

Client's Interest First
Friendly Negotiation
Transparent
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Analytics

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Integration With Storage Arrays

Application Awareness

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

File Explorer Granular Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

OpenText Data Protector Reviews

Kunal G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

A better user interface

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates OpenText Data Protector from other similar products?

They have lot of features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

scheduler setup could be better

What do you dislike most about this product?

expensive, too complicated when there are other products available which are easy to setup

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Research and select as per the need of your organization

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Commodity Features
Less Efficient Service

Marco P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

The best to implementing, easy to use, less expens

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates OpenText Data Protector from other similar products?

Data protector is very easy to implementing, use and management, is really easy to start to protecting your systems and are a great capabilities and functios, work very wall on physical and voirtual enviroments too, can integrate to most common databases engines and offer great performance and capabilities to tunning.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The easy to deploy

What do you dislike most about this product?

Data protector on HP pass a lot time to renew and investment to new functions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Data protector is a great tool, is less expensive vs other in the market, data protector is a great option

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

lisa d.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Smooth backing up and restoring processes

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates OpenText Data Protector from other similar products?

In this product, excellent backing up technology is utilized.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I recommended the product to my upper management since I loved it.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing about it bothers me in the slightest.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

In order to achieve the optimum performance, let the support team apply the product; don't try to use it on your own.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

OpenText Data Protector

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Awards & Recognition

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

OpenText Data Protector Ratings

78 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

89 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love OpenText Data Protector?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms Backs up data and system info for non-virtualized systems. Primarily Windows and Linux servers but also, potentially, AIX, Unix and others.

Analytics Built-in real-time and historical reporting and analytics on SLAs, performance, and resource consumption, as well as predictive capabilities to plan & optimize.

Virtual Machine Backup Automatically discovers and protects VMs as they come online, move, and change. Production VMs are replicated to a secondary data store.

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Automated Backup Testing and Verification Goes beyond monitoring whether backup jobs completed by verifying the integrity of data restoration.

Backup of Cloud Based Data In addition to targeting backups to the cloud, the solution also has the capability to back up primary data and services already in the cloud.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Application Awareness Application consistent backup and granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint.

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery Onsite backup data is replicated and stored to a public cloud (AWS, Azure). Can also include restore-to-cloud capabilities for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

File Explorer Granular Restore Individual files can be located and restored from backup media without the need for full system mounting and restore.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

OpenText Data Protector Reviews

Kunal G.

A better user interface

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Marco P.

The best to implementing, easy to use, less expens

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

lisa d.

Smooth backing up and restoring processes

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Analytics

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Integration With Storage Arrays

Application Awareness

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

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