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    Review Request: Current version of Symantec Backup Exec

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    • lance
      lance last edited by lance

      Review Request: Current version of Symantec Backup Exec, for awhile there it was really bad. I was wondering if it has been improved at all.

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      • IRJ
        IRJ last edited by

        If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

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        • lance
          lance @IRJ last edited by lance

          @IRJ said:

          If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

          We currently use Veeam and we plan on staying with them, but I was just wondering about backup exec. We used to use BE and planned to upgrade to BE 2012 but when we started using it, it was just sooo bad we moved to Veeam.

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          • IRJ
            IRJ @lance last edited by

            @lance said:

            @IRJ said:

            If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

            We currently use Veeam and we plan on staying with them, but I was just wondering about backup exec. We used to use BE and planned to upgrade to BE 2012 but when we started using it, it was just sooo bad we moved to Veeam.

            We followed the same path as you and couldnt be happier. My IT deportment was all Symantec when I started here. I slowly got rid of all their crappy products... PC Anywhere, BackupExec, and SEP.

            When I first showed my boss Veeam, he was in disbelief how easy it was.

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            • lance
              lance @IRJ last edited by lance

              @IRJ said:

              @lance said:

              @IRJ said:

              If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

              We currently use Veeam and we plan on staying with them, but I was just wondering about backup exec. We used to use BE and planned to upgrade to BE 2012 but when we started using it, it was just sooo bad we moved to Veeam.

              We followed the same path as you and couldnt be happier. My IT deportment was all Symantec when I started here. I slowly got rid of all their crappy products... PC Anywhere, BackupExec, and SEP.

              When I first showed my boss Veeam, he was in disbelief how easy it was.

              We still use SEP and I cant wait until we switch. I think that we are going to go with Webroot when we do.

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              • lance
                lance @IRJ last edited by

                @IRJ said:

                @lance said:

                @IRJ said:

                If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

                We currently use Veeam and we plan on staying with them, but I was just wondering about backup exec. We used to use BE and planned to upgrade to BE 2012 but when we started using it, it was just sooo bad we moved to Veeam.

                We followed the same path as you and couldnt be happier. My IT deportment was all Symantec when I started here. I slowly got rid of all their crappy products... PC Anywhere, BackupExec, and SEP.

                When I first showed my boss Veeam, he was in disbelief how easy it was.

                What AV did you end up switching to?

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                • IRJ
                  IRJ @lance last edited by

                  @lance said:

                  @IRJ said:

                  @lance said:

                  @IRJ said:

                  If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

                  We currently use Veeam and we plan on staying with them, but I was just wondering about backup exec. We used to use BE and planned to upgrade to BE 2012 but when we started using it, it was just sooo bad we moved to Veeam.

                  We followed the same path as you and couldnt be happier. My IT deportment was all Symantec when I started here. I slowly got rid of all their crappy products... PC Anywhere, BackupExec, and SEP.

                  When I first showed my boss Veeam, he was in disbelief how easy it was.

                  We still use SEP and I cant wait until we switch. I think that we are going to go with Webroot when we do.

                  We use Sophos. I absolutely love the AV, but their support isnt that great. The good news is that I only have to contact support once a year or so.

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                  • lance
                    lance @IRJ last edited by lance

                    @IRJ said:

                    @lance said:

                    @IRJ said:

                    If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

                    We currently use Veeam and we plan on staying with them, but I was just wondering about backup exec. We used to use BE and planned to upgrade to BE 2012 but when we started using it, it was just sooo bad we moved to Veeam.

                    We followed the same path as you and couldnt be happier. My IT deportment was all Symantec when I started here. I slowly got rid of all their crappy products... PC Anywhere, BackupExec, and SEP.

                    When I first showed my boss Veeam, he was in disbelief how easy it was.

                    PC anywhere was a awesome product back in the day and then it just kinda of went away.

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                    • IRJ
                      IRJ @lance last edited by

                      @lance said:

                      @IRJ said:

                      @lance said:

                      @IRJ said:

                      If you are just backing up VMs look at Veeam and Unitrends. I have used both of them, and both were pretty good. Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

                      We currently use Veeam and we plan on staying with them, but I was just wondering about backup exec. We used to use BE and planned to upgrade to BE 2012 but when we started using it, it was just sooo bad we moved to Veeam.

                      We followed the same path as you and couldnt be happier. My IT deportment was all Symantec when I started here. I slowly got rid of all their crappy products... PC Anywhere, BackupExec, and SEP.

                      When I first showed my boss Veeam, he was in disbelief how easy it was.

                      PC anywhere was a awesome product back in the day and then it just kinda of went away.

                      The way we were using it when I started here was the same way, you would use VNC. We only used it on our local network. That was my first project, deploying VNC via AD and removing PCA

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                      • Maria Levkina
                        Maria Levkina @IRJ last edited by

                        @IRJ said:

                        Veeam was the winner for us because of its ease of use and quick restore of VMs

                        Thank you! 🙂

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                        • tobywells
                          tobywells @lance last edited by

                          @lance 2012 is still pretty poor compared to Unitrends and Veeam is my default choice for VM backup. BE 2014 is "imminent" but Im not even looking at it.

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                          • lance
                            lance @tobywells last edited by

                            @tobywells said:

                            @lance 2012 is still pretty poor compared to Unitrends and Veeam is my default choice for VM backup. BE 2014 is "imminent" but Im not even looking at it.

                            I had a feeling that this was still the case.

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                            • lance
                              lance @lance last edited by

                              @lance said:

                              @tobywells said:

                              @lance 2012 is still pretty poor compared to Unitrends and Veeam is my default choice for VM backup. BE 2014 is "imminent" but Im not even looking at it.

                              I had a feeling that this was still the case.

                              I think BE needs to stop the bleeding at 2012 and come out with a new backup product.

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                              • IRJ
                                IRJ @lance last edited by

                                @lance said:

                                @lance said:

                                @tobywells said:

                                @lance 2012 is still pretty poor compared to Unitrends and Veeam is my default choice for VM backup. BE 2014 is "imminent" but Im not even looking at it.

                                I had a feeling that this was still the case.

                                I think BE needs to stop the bleeding at 2012 and come out with a new backup product.

                                Yeah. It isnt always a bad thing to ditch an unrepairable sinking ship.

                                Microsoft has had to do this before (ME and Vista), just reinvent the product.

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                                • DenisKelley
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                                  Second Veeam hands down. Really an amazing product.

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                                  • Dashrender
                                    Dashrender @IRJ last edited by

                                    @IRJ said:

                                    @lance said:

                                    @lance said:

                                    @tobywells said:

                                    @lance 2012 is still pretty poor compared to Unitrends and Veeam is my default choice for VM backup. BE 2014 is "imminent" but Im not even looking at it.

                                    I had a feeling that this was still the case.

                                    I think BE needs to stop the bleeding at 2012 and come out with a new backup product.

                                    Yeah. It isnt always a bad thing to ditch an unrepairable sinking ship.

                                    Microsoft has had to do this before (ME and Vista), just reinvent the product.

                                    I'm not sure I agree that MS ditched Vista... Windows 7 as far as I could tell was Vista SP3 or was it SP4? In the end Vista was totally usable to me.

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                                    • IRJ
                                      IRJ @Dashrender last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @IRJ said:

                                      @lance said:

                                      @lance said:

                                      @tobywells said:

                                      @lance 2012 is still pretty poor compared to Unitrends and Veeam is my default choice for VM backup. BE 2014 is "imminent" but Im not even looking at it.

                                      I had a feeling that this was still the case.

                                      I think BE needs to stop the bleeding at 2012 and come out with a new backup product.

                                      Yeah. It isnt always a bad thing to ditch an unrepairable sinking ship.

                                      Microsoft has had to do this before (ME and Vista), just reinvent the product.

                                      I'm not sure I agree that MS ditched Vista... Windows 7 as far as I could tell was Vista SP3 or was it SP4? In the end Vista was totally usable to me.

                                      They "reinvented" it. They took all the focus away from Vista and used it towards Windows 7. Once they had Windows 7 down, they silently patched and fixed Vista

                                      Symantec could learn from that.

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                                      • scottalanmiller
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                                        I ended up using Vista for years. It really was fine by the later service packs.

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                                        • Nara
                                          Nara last edited by

                                          I used Backup Exec recently for an environment whose policy required tape. It worked quite well for the purpose. If you need backups to removable media, Backup Exec is the way to go.

                                          Now, before someone talks about how Veeam can do tape now, yes, I've tried it. It's ok. However, if I had an environment that was entirely virtual and required tape, I'd just have Backup Exec back up my Veeam repository.

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