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Symantec Backup Exec (we tested Version 11d) supports enterprise network infrastructure very broadly. Tracing its history through Symantec, Veritas, Seagate and Arcada, Backup Exec is the oldest product we tested, and its maturity shows.
Although it didn't have the widest support for servers (it does not support IRIX, AIX and SCO), it does support MacOS and most flavors of Linux by way of client agent software.
Installation is simple, both on servers (Backup Exec 11d is hosted on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP SP2, NetWare or Windows 2003 Server editions) and clients.
Our only complaint was the number of license key digits that had to be entered seemingly constantly until all was alive. Backup Exec supported file or snapshot-based backups, allowing administrator and user-defined backups and restorations. Individual disk partitions also can be backed up, providing good flexibility. We do need to note that Network File System partitions aren't supported.
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Symantec Backup ExecBy Anonymous on December 20, 2006, 8:41 amWhy didn't you include other vendors in this bake-off? CommVault is the company with the best solution in this space, yet you don't even mention them? I have been...
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CommvaultBy Tom Henderson on December 20, 2006, 9:51 amThey were invited, but they declined. Vendors do this for any number of reasons. We would have liked to have reviewed their product mix.
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Symantec/Veritas Support is awefulBy Anonymous on March 19, 2007, 12:04 pmWe have been using Symantec BE for over 5 years now, and it's a decent product. But please note the Veritas (now Symantec) Backup Exec support is of the worst I've...
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BE good, support in India BadBy Anonymous on October 1, 2007, 9:17 amMy company is running BE 11d in a strictly Windows environment. One would think that for the price we are paying ($17,000+yearly) we would be able to get better...
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okBy Anonymous on March 6, 2008, 10:23 amBE 11d build 7170? Sucks.
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BE support is just gawd awefulBy Anonymous on March 18, 2008, 11:37 amI have been a reluctant administrator of the BE 11D product for a little over a year now and the support that is shipped off overseas is just below pathetic. If...
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