VM Backup

Avantages

The ease of using and GUI is so user friendly that a person with minimum knowledge can easily deploy and use it.

Inconvénients

To be honest I, dont see any see any thing as such. Since the team is contiuously working on developing some create features.

Avantages

- Easy to deploy as an MSP
- Support is more than excellent. Direct response and highly skilled technicians.
- Easy of use

Inconvénients

- More detailed error messaging
- Endpoint backup to the VM Backup location. (This was promised in the early days of Altaro)

Avantages

Easy to setup and the interface was well laid out and intuitive

Inconvénients

We had unpredictable backups and strange issues especially around log truncation with our MS Exchange backups that Altaro support claimed they had a sev 1 case open with Microsoft for months. Might still be open but they never got it resolved for the 6 months it took from when I opened the support case with Altaro until we moved to a different backup solution. Restores were unreliable as well, we could get files back with decent reliability but the machine recoveries were seldom successful

Avantages

I like that it is simple to use and can be installed on the Hypervisor host and did not need a dedicated backup server.

Inconvénients

I really cant think of anything that I would want to change. It really is a set it and forget it. I get daily emails with success/failure status.

Avantages

Great simple to use interface and the ability to link up to many clod providers including our own space at datacentre. Also the Tech Support are great!

Inconvénients

Granular file recovery a bit painful but fine of restoring a few files / folders

Avantages

We chose Altaro as it met all our requirements as a VM Backup and Recovery software at a cheaper cost than other common VM Backup and Recovery software. The system is very easy to use and did not require any training to implement. The Sandbox & Verification is a big plus to test backups and to do test drills. We rarely had issues with the software and the minor issues we had were promptly addressed by support.

Inconvénients

Though it provides the possibility to backup a VM to cloud providers, it does not offer the possibility to run the VM from the cloud as a DR site. However I understood that this feature is being implemented and coming soon which will be a great addition.

Avantages

I like most about the software that it was so easy to be implemented. It really took only a few minutes to set up the system. Now since the new feature offers multiple offsite servers I feel even safer with my backups.

Inconvénients

Actually, I do not have anything I can complain about. There is only one thing I am missing and that is IPV6 support for OffSite Server. I do have at home only IPV6 available but I cannot connect the offsite server to Altarao Backup.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à VM Backup

Avantages

Implementation is a breeze and it doesn't need a tertiary degree to get it deployed.

Inconvénients

I would love to be able to back up endpoints directly to cloud storage without needing an additional Windows server.

Avantages

As we are an SMB, this software has simplified the process of backing up our two Hyper-V Virtual Machines. It has also allowed us to copy the local backups to a private offsite server nightly for Disaster Recovery purposes.

Inconvénients

Initially the Offsite Copy option would frequently fail due to communications problems between our main and remote backup servers. Since version 8.0 of this product we are no longer having this problem.

Avantages

very easy to use. Nice Dashboard with a lot of first sight information.

Inconvénients

German Language! Not everyone can understand it.

Avantages

Extremely easy to install, configure and get running. Within 15 minutes, all the Hyper-V hosts and the VMs were recognized and ready for backup. A non-experienced junior employee can get the product up and running.

User GUI is very clean, clear and intuitive. We managed to perform all the tasks without reading any instructions.

Altaro is fast, very fast. The first time we performed a full backup, there was concern that it completed too soon, and that the backups were not usable. But we restored to a test drive and they all checked out.
The incremental backups with deduplication are even faster, taking only a minute or so per VM.

The Deduplication compression is very good. We are currently looking at over 80% savings of space.

The price is right. They have a very fair pricing structure for both licenses and support services and offer discounts and incentives when needed.

Offsite backup feature easy to implement. Using their offsite server setup file, any computer within the intranet/internet can become an offsite backup location.

Consistently improving their offerings. With every new release of the software, clients are introduced to new features and functions, many of which have come from the clients themselves. They listen to the client’s feedback.

Exemplary support services. One of the few companies that offer 24/7 support staffed with senior technical resources. We have always been able to receive support and assistance almost instantly.

Inconvénients

Too sensitive with error codes from storage devices. In cases that other products complete the backup and restore, Altaro fails due to minor errors reported from storage devices. I wish they would complete the backup and just add a warning that there was an error code reported. Using a new storage device resolved the issues in our case.

No support for defining many backup JOBS. You can only define one primary and one offsite backup source, and each VM can only belong to these 2 sources. It would be nice to be able to backup a VM multiple times, to multiple primary sources, each source with different location and retention policy. This can be achieved only by a many to many relationship between VMS and Primary/Offsite sources. I was told this may be coming out in the next release.

Avantages

The multiple auto checks of the backup Images by a process like a schedule restore check, Image check, and bad block check ensure your backup is good to restore as well as at the time of restore checks it automatically disables the network adaptor of VM to avoid the IP conflict.

Inconvénients

When the matter comes to offsite backup storage "Altaro" only supports Azure backup which is expensive as compared to other available S3 compatible cloud services.

Avantages

This product is not only easy to use but it is also well supported by their staff. It allows us to backup our data reliably and recover it as well with relative ease.

Inconvénients

I would like to see the ability to run more than 4 backups from a host at a time as well as a way to schedule maintenance windows for the backup cleanup.

Avantages

Easy to use, fast backups, good deduplication and compression rate. Easy to recover VMs. It does the job.

Inconvénients

It was nice to setup different retention policies for every location. Now it is only possible to setup retention policy to primary location and offsite location (every locations with same retention policy).

Avantages

The biggest reason for use of Altaro VM Backup is the price. For reasonable money you can get full package of virtual machine backup tools. Now it is even cheaper (for small environment with 2-3 virtual machines) with Altaro MSP program, for like 5 bucks a month per VM you get unlimited plus license - such a great deal!

Inconvénients

The only cons in some cases is no option for Hyper-V host backup. I know, it is necessary in like 3% of cases, but still, if you are part of the 3%, you have no chance with Altaro and you have to use another app for host backup.

I was a bit disappointed with new limitations of free license - no retention policy available, no immediate backup notification to email in V8. But anyway - you can now always jump to MSP program for really small money.

Avantages

The product is very simple to operate and provides a great value while also making secure backups that are recoverable all the time.

Inconvénients

Nothing so far. The product just gets better over time.

Avantages

I like all the feature of this program and they are always looking for ways to my the program better

Inconvénients

The only issue i have is connecting directly to an Azure account.

Avantages

The altaro feutur saves my time on recovering my dead devices hardware

Inconvénients

Automatic 1click software update is one my re here hope it will available soon

Avantages

Easy to use, easy to setup
Regular updates
Ability to replicate entire servers to Hyper-V host in hot site
Very space efficient
Exchange mailbox item level restore
Competent support
Priced competitively

Inconvénients

Doesn't do physical machines: if it did physical machines to tape libraries as well as disk I'd use nothing else for backup
Support doesn't cover all time zones: there's sometimes a delay in getting assistance

Avantages

The software is simple to install, configure and use. Possibly more importantly it's really easy to test the backups as you can restore them in a sandbox environment.

Inconvénients

The user interface can be a bit slow and unresponsive at times especially when using the file granular restore. I know a 2 or 3 second wait for a list of files isn't bad, it's just that I've no patience.

Other than that my biggest gripe is that you can no longer buy the software or SMA's direct from Altaro in the UK.

Avantages

I've been using Altaro VM Backup for many years now on both of my servers and it works very well. Fortunately i've never had to restore a VM, however I'm pretty confident how to restore and I hope it would work just as advertised.

Inconvénients

A little complicated when using more than one physical server (I have 4 VM's total, 2 on each machine), and I am running two different versions (v7 & v8). I'm not 100% sure whether both are needed or not and it is most likely user error.

Avantages

The software is easy to configure, quick and does a good job backing up the VM's. File level (including single exchange emails) restores are easy and quick. Restoring an entire server is equally simple. It has definitely saved me on several occasions.

Inconvénients

The offsite facility could use some work, specifically with regard to using the offsite server. If you do get corruption in the offsite server, you've pretty much lost your offsite backups and need to start from scratch.

Avantages

The ability to back up both Hyper-V and VMWare VMs under one application, with options for scheduled offsite backups and the option to run scheduled tests for past backups.

Inconvénients

Sometimes the error messages can be hard to decipher, although I did not take care of the available support options.

Avantages

Speed of deployment and centralized management of our customers

Inconvénients

Nothing springs to mind as all the features we require are covered.

Avantages

Easy to setup, easy to use, and easy to configure

Inconvénients

No cons, very satisfied with the product