Differences between NetBackup and Backup Exec

[David_Jennings]

I just a couple of quick questions that I'm hoping someone can help me with. My company is running BE on 3 servers but recently have decided that we want to start encrypting our data when running backups. I know that Netbackup has the Encryption Module and that BE doesn't support encryption, but are there many more differences between the 2 products?

And for those of you using the Encryption Module, how do you find it overall? Are there any problems that I should be aware of prior to purchasing? This would more than likely be installed on a SAN if that makes any difference.

Thanks in advance.

[Stumpr2]

Here is a discussion on BEvs NBU
http://forums.veritas.com/discussions/thread.jspa?messageID=4416386掂

[David_Jennings]

Thanks, it was helpful.

If our environment is purely Windows would we be well served to switch to Netbackup? We have no real issues w/ BE, the only one being the lack of support for encryption.

[Stumpr2]

Unfortunately the NetBackup licensing is expensive. Talk with a sales rep for figures.

[David_Jennings]

I figured it would be a bit more expensive than the license for BE. I'll contact the sales dept today and find out.

[David_Jennings]

Can I safely assume that NetBackup builds upon the features of BE 10.0? Certain things that are outlined in the BE for Windows datasheet are not explicitly stated in that for NetBackup (support for VSS, support for Exchange 2003 Sharepoint as ex's). We just want to make sure we don't lose that functionality if we upgrade.

[Stumpr2 · Accepted solution]

I don't know what to tell you David. It seems that none of my replies have been correct or even helpful. I'll try one more reply.


Netbackup is an Enterprise solution that can run on most current platforms and has agents for many applications. Yes it does support VSS, Exchange 2003 Sharepoint, encryption, inline tape copy, SQL, DB2, Oracle and other databases.
for a complete list please see

http://www.veritas.com/Products/van?c=product&refId=2

Agents and Options Top
NetBackup� SNMP Extension
VERITAS NetBackup� for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
VERITAS NetBackup� for DB2
VERITAS NetBackup� for Informix
VERITAS NetBackup� for Lotus Notes
VERITAS NetBackup� for Microsoft Exchange Server
VERITAS NetBackup� for Microsoft SQL Server
VERITAS NetBackup� for NDMP
VERITAS NetBackup� for Oracle
VERITAS NetBackup� for SAP
VERITAS NetBackup� for Sybase
VERITAS NetBackup� Advanced Client
VERITAS NetBackup� Bare Metal Restore�
VERITAS NetBackup� Deployment
VERITAS NetBackup� Desktop and Laptop Option
VERITAS NetBackup� Disk Optimization Option
VERITAS NetBackup� Encryption Option
VERITAS NetBackup� NAS SnapVault Option
VERITAS NetBackup� Netware Media Server Option
VERITAS NetBackup� Shared Storage Option
VERITAS NetBackup� Vault

[David_Jennings]

No, your replies have been more than helpful to say the least. You've covered just about everything I had a question for.

[Stumpr2]

I do try to be thorough. I think that NetBackup is the best product out there but it is expensive. Probably because of all the engineering required to be able to run on so many platforms.