Arctera Backup Exec Reviews & Product Details

Backup Exec is a simple, secure, unified and comprehensive data protection software solution. It is designed to help organizations protect their data by providing a range of features for backup, disaster recovery, and archiving. Key features of Backup Exec include: Data Backup: Backup Exec offers flexible backup options for various environments, including virtual machines, physical servers, cloud storage, and databases. It can back up data from both on-premises and cloud-based systems. Disaster Recovery: The software includes tools for disaster recovery, ensuring that businesses can quickly restore their critical systems and data in the event of a system failure, data corruption, or cyberattack. Cross-Platform Support: It supports a wide range of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and VMware, as well as cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Centralized Management: Backup Exec provides a centralized interface to manage backups, monitor system status, and configure backup policies, making it easier for IT administrators to oversee the entire backup environment. File and Application Protection: It includes specialized agents for backing up applications like Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint, as well as file-level backup. Cloud Integration: Backup Exec integrates with cloud storage, allowing organizations to back up data directly to the cloud for offsite storage and disaster recovery. Encryption and Security: The software offers encryption both during the backup process and for data storage, ensuring that sensitive data is secure and compliant with regulations. Automated Backups: Backup Exec can automate backup tasks based on customizable schedules, reducing manual intervention and ensuring that backups occur regularly. In summary, Backup Exec is a powerful solution for businesses looking to protect and recover their critical data, with a range of features that address the needs of both small and large organizations.

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Arctera

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Languages Supported

German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Product Description

Backup Exec is one integrated product that protects virtual and physical environments, simplifies both backup and disaster recovery, and offers unmatched recovery capabilities

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Dylon Mills

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

1 month

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Arctera Backup Exec Media

Arctera Backup Exec Demo - Backup Exec dashboard

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Verified User in Automotive

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/4/2023

"Veritas Help me with my job!"

4/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Is very simple a easy to use to backup our data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Would be good if the software can install the remote clients automatically when we upgrade of version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Media Production

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/22/2022

"Reasonable Price and reliable Solution"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

am using Veritas since 2014

i used Symantec Appliance

the support team is the most i like, once you open the ticket, they are in you're back

and then I converted to VM

it's easy to use, price is good

it will give you the backup and restore solution the simple way

Thx You Veritas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Before, when u restore a VM to a different server, and you want it to be on the location you, it will move the full path

but as I c know it solved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arlyn Nisbeth L.

Asistente administrativa

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/23/2022

"The service has been efficient"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Facilitating the process of migration to the cloud and the security it generates for us, consequently one of the points that stands out the most is the saving of time, money, and resources at the infrastructure level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Sometimes there tends to be instability in the execution of commands during the process of carrying out the respective backups, and often they create complications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlo M.

IT Service Delivery Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/22/2022

"The application itself its not bad, but could be improved."

3/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

I like the user interface and the was its fairly easy to create a backup job and restore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

The downsides are several errors that appear. The fact that you cannot pick up a failed backup from the place it failed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mallikarjun T.

IT Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/23/2022

"Veritas Review from Mallikarjun Timmaraju"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Using veritas product when it was taken from Symantec and happy with product and support team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

When they release new versions the older operating systems also need to be considered not based on microsoft End of life since as a customer the applications will not deliver new versions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Punit W.

Consultant and Technical Suppport

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/22/2022

"Having Very Good experience with Veritas"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Backup to the cloud is best part of Backup exec and simplicity and ease of management.

It has very simple and user friendly console which I like the most.

Recent new license which is very good and easy to understand. ( BE simple license) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Almost all the features and requirements are covered by Veritas backup exec and even ransomware protetction is covered by Veritas backup exec. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Thuong V.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/29/2022

"Easy for configuration and also good for manage, used"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Keep data safety, can be restore quickly when have any issue happened Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Sometime has issue with backup job rate is slow but still not know where is root cause Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raymond R.

IT Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/23/2022

"Happy customer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

very happy with backup exec,

straightforward and easy to use

backups and restore data quickly

compatibility with a wide range of products

price is just right in comparison with competitors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

sometimes the community and support pages don't take you to the correct knowledge base to solve the issue

the move from Symantec to Veritas messed them up a little bit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Erik B.

Senior advisor

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/22/2022

"Backup product for most companies"

4/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Up to date on most used products, and good coverage in the Cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Can be slow if many jobs run at the same time. Some times application hangs, have to kill process and start over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/22/2022

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Excellent backup tool for small/medium business"

4/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

I've been using BackupExec since 2010, and I can notice that during these years, the version was improved and got more new functionalities focused on small/medium businesses. I like their support and also keep contributing to making this tool better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Some errors presented during backup or restores are not fully clear and need some detailed information. Even with the excellent GUI, sometimes I think that the error messages are too generic, and it's necessary to investigate deeper to get the root cause. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.