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Backup Exec

8.2 /10

What is Backup Exec?

Backup Exec gives you simple, complete backup and recovery protection for your business—to cover all data wherever it resides.

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Backup Exec Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 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 Backup Exec?

1% Negative

11% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Fair
Trustworthy
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Application Awareness

Backup Automation

File Explorer Granular Restore

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Deduplication Implementation

Integration With Storage Arrays

Replication for High Availability

Virtual Machine Backup

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

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Backup Exec Reviews

Patrick W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jul 2020

Easy to install and setup tasks of backup.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Another similar product is too difficult to use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to setup within minutes

What do you dislike most about this product?

A bit pricey

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Lots of features

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity

Karthik C.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2020

unified solution with ease of use.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Easy deployment with easy integration .

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Instant VM recovery

What do you dislike most about this product?

reporting

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Evaluate the product and check the OS compatibility.

Pros

Saves Time
Respectful
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Mark P.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2020

Fully featured and cost effective.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Provides a highly feature rich and cost-effective backup solution at a good price.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The availability of deduplication feature at a reasonable cost, and that works better than anticipated.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity in use and steep learning curve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you need a feature-rich and flexible backup solution that can accommodate many platforms, and contain features at significantly lower cost than other solutions, Backup Exec may be a good choice.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Respectful
Altruistic
Acts with Integrity

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Backup Exec Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Backup Exec?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

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.

Replication for High Availability Beyond secondary copy backup, the solution also manages replication of primary data host-to-host and site-to-site for live failover and high availability.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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Backup Exec Reviews

Patrick W.

Easy to install and setup tasks of backup.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Karthik C.

unified solution with ease of use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mark P.

Fully featured and cost effective.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Application Awareness

Backup Automation

File Explorer Granular Restore

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Deduplication Implementation

Integration With Storage Arrays

Replication for High Availability

Virtual Machine Backup

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training