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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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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1 month

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Evgeni K.

IT supervisor

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/15/2024

"Best back up solution"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Everything like scheduling backups and then restoring Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Nothing, everything is running fine on my end Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Edgar H.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/15/2024

"Excellent tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Ease of operation, configuration, and restoration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Price and resources separated, customized Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/18/2024

"incredible and very Good Experience"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

very easy to use, and give a lot of features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

No email notification when something went wrong Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KRISHNAN C.

Backup Administrator

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2022

"Backup Exec - An easy to use best backup software - safe and secure"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Veritas backup software is a friendly user backup software which is safe and secure by all means and well protected with all features including cloud storage protection as well.

The best GUI which i have ever seen compared to other complex softwares and with a very good track record of backing of Veritas for a long period in the backup industry as a leader.

The ease of use for any simple new user with very minimal clicks to enable, schedule or restore backups is the core of this application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Login screen to be enabled with MFA enabling is one point which i would prefer to be enabled with users being given acess based on their roles which is not there. In simple terms Role based access control to be enabled.

Also the report generation is not automated in such a way that it can be saved in a different location in a different server which has to be done manually which is a very time consuming and a monotonuous task Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arctera Backup Exec solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps in restoring data w.r.t to any application or file server with ease and minimal timing rather than complex workarounds in other backup applications which i have seen already

Also scheduling the jobs once and automated is a very good feature based on the requirement of the stake holders of the concerned server.

The simple licensing method is another benefit which is quite not common feature in other backup applications.

Also the pricing of licence is cheap compared to other backup applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Musa Y.

Information Technology System Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/17/2023

"senior system engineer"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Its flexibility in handling both physical and virtual systems, along with its user-friendly interface, makes it a valuable tool for managing backup and recovery tasks efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Complex to set up and configure, especially for users who are new to the software.

and Licensing costs are expensive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Market Research

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/16/2024

"backup exec v-ray edition"

4/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

I like backupexec software and how easy is to be used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

The support is very tricky and most of the time I have to read a solution myself in google. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Public Safety

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/4/2023

"Backup Exec gets the job done"

3/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

The product works for the most part as it should. It runs backups and allows me to restore files and/or vm's as necessary. I also use it to run SQL and O365 backups. That part works well. The interface is fairly easy to use, although not as easy as some other products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Restoring Office365 items has been a bad experience so far. There is no way to restore to a local pst file, rather you have to restore to an Office 365 account. This takes significant time and expensive resources. Every other backup product I have ever used had this functionality. Had I known this, I probably would have gone a different route with my purchase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/15/2024

"All time favourite Backup Solution"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Backup Exec covers a wide range of backup scenarios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Licensing concepts can be further improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christopher S.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/28/2023

"Reliability you can count on"

5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

Simple protection for when you need it. Want a program to protect the data you need or your users need knowing that you can get it back for any mishap or stressful situation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

Time for full backups and simple searching. Wish a hybrid approach for to disc then to tape faster and searching for a something was faster and those difficult issue resolved faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Loren S.

IT Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/23/2022

"I have been using Backup Exec for 20 years!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arctera Backup Exec?

For over 20 years, our organization has been using Backup Exec. From the older versions of the software with our HP tape drives & media to our current environment with Dell PowerVault hardware and LTO tapes, BE has always been a crucial part of our disaster recovery plan. We still have legacy hardware in place and have multiple instances of Backup Exec 2010 R3 still running strong. This version of the software is, without a doubt, one of the most reliable products I have ever used! There were some growing pains with newer versions after 2010, as they tried to modernize the software while unfortunately removing the simplicity that made it great. This is the reason we have stuck with v2010 for so long.

Last year after a server crash, we reinstalled with v2021. I was pleased to find that this version was still easy to use for our daily file backups while having other features for modern IT. Aside from backup to tape, I have also used backup to disk and have successfully backed up & restored a server on Hyper-V. Today, we are on v2022, which looks the same as v2021.

As a registered charity organization, we are always looking for vendors that offer nonprofit discounts. I cannot give enough praise to Veritas for being a TechSoup donation program member for all these years! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arctera Backup Exec?

My only complaint would be when major changes are made to new versions. Adding new features is good, but don't mess with the core functionality that most people are used to and rely on! I have no complaints about the current version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.