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Veeam Backup: Disadvantages

Although Veeam Backup & Replication is a famous data protection and backup solution for virtualized environments, it also poses some disadvantages. Let’s look into some of them:

1. The price of Veeam Backup can be high, especially for large-scale deployments. Depending on variables like the number of sockets, VMs, or other metrics, licensing expenses might quickly mount up.

2. Despite Veeam’s well-known user-friendliness, setting up backup tasks and policies can be challenging, especially for users who are new to the software. It’s important to have a solid grasp of the environment before designing backup tasks and retention guidelines.

3. Veeam can consume a lot of resources, especially during backup and restore activities. This will affect the performance of the virtualized environment, particularly if we have a lot of VMs that need backup at the same time.

4. Veeam is largely focused on virtual environments and does not offer the same level of support for physical servers. We require additional backup options if the setup includes physical servers in addition to virtual ones.

5. Using cloud storage as a backup repository frequently necessitates the use of other products and settings, even though Veeam provides several options for cloud integration. As a result, cloud-based backups may become more complicated and expensive.

6. Veeam backups, like all backup solutions, are susceptible to ransomware attacks if the right security precautions are not present. It is essential to protect backup data and guarantee its integrity.

7. In particular, Veeam supports Nutanix AHV, Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware vSphere. We may not have native support if we use a less popular hypervisor and would have to rely on workarounds or third-party solutions.

8. It can be difficult to make sure that the virtualization platform, operating system, and app are compatible with the Veeam Backup & Replication version. Disruptions may be brought on by upgrades and compatibility problems.

9. A virtual machine’s initial full backup might be fairly massive, requiring a lot of storage space and network bandwidth. It could take some time to finish this initial backup, especially in large environments.

10. Veeam’s P2V migration capabilities were limited as of my most recent update when compared to some other programs made specifically for physical-to-virtual conversions.

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Conclusion

This article points out the major 10 disadvantages of the Veeam backup process.