Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

A few use cases for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  include VM protection, mostly focused on VMware protection, which is the major use case here.

The key differences between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  and its competitors in the market include that it is easy to use, very well integrated, and has decent cybersecurity features. The integration with workloads, particularly VMware, is very good. However, the reporting is not as good as I would like; I need more reports, and support could see further improvement.

The specific features and functionalities I find most beneficial in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager include good integration with other Dell products, such as Dell Data Domain, which makes it a very good use case for environments that already have Dell Data Domain or any other Dell products.

My impression of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager's dashboard interface is that it is good, easy to use, and quite interactive, so there are no major issues there.

The deduplication feature of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager has allowed me to reduce or save some 15% of storage compared to what I was using earlier.

Specific features missing in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager that I would like to see in the future include Active Directory Forest Recovery and ADFR recovery; they need to work on that. Additionally, other SaaS protection is required, as there are many SaaS applications these days, such as Salesforce , which need protection.

I have been working with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for some time now.

I assess the efficiency of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager in managing data recovery processes as efficient for VM restores; it works fine, and there are no issues with that.

I would assess the stability and reliability of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager as quite stable; there are no issues with the workloads I am using.

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager does not scale with the growing needs of my organization yet.

I would evaluate the technical support and customer service teams of Dell as adequate; I cannot say outstanding, but there is obviously some room for improvement there. It is not as good as some other products in the market, so there is room for improvement.

I have worked with other solutions for backup and recovery, and deduplication apart from Dell, including Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, and Rubrik .

My experience with deploying Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is that the deployment was not problematic, thanks to Dell support, so it was adequate to do. It did not take too much effort to deploy it, and overall, it went well with no problems onboarding the workflows or starting the backups.

The use of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager certainly improves the speed of my data recovery efforts compared to the previous Dell products because it is easier to use and much faster; the compression and deduplication are also good, which helps in recovery. I would estimate that it is at least 20-30% to 40% better than the previous ones.

I do find that with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, the ROI is good when compared to other Dell products, but when compared to others in the current market, such as Cohesity  or Veeam, it is not as good.

Regarding the pricing aspect of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, I am not very happy with that; compared to some other products, it is a bit more costly, and there are definitely areas for improvement.

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager's role-based access control impacts security management within my IT operations by connecting with LDAP or Active Directory, providing access only to certain users, and there are no issues with that.

My advice for organizations considering Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for their environment is that if the environment has other Dell infrastructure and tools, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager will make sense. For a hybrid environment, particularly, it goes well with the Dell infrastructure, and the easy setup is a plus, so I would recommend it for such organizations.

I would rate this review an 8 out of 10.

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  serves as our main infrastructure backup solution, especially for virtual machines.

The features I appreciate most about Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  are its comprehensive VM capabilities, particularly its VM backup functionality. The snapshot method is more efficient compared to other vendors and tools, including Oracle. I have observed measurable cost-saving benefits with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. Compared to other products such as Veritas, Dell offers more competitive pricing while other vendors charge significantly more.

Regarding data recovery improvements in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, there are challenges with data sets larger than one terabyte that are not related to VM. While VM recovery functions adequately, the system does not display data progress properly. Additionally, from a policy perspective, the interface does not allow visibility of clients at the policy level. Users must search and navigate through multiple screens to find this information. In comparison, solutions like Veritas display policy and client configurations directly in the console menu. I would like to see improvements that include bare metal restore capabilities and enhanced data restore features in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager.

I have been working with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for approximately one and a half to two years.

During version upgrades, I experienced some bug issues that required hotfixes for database and Oracle database functionality. Overall, I would rate the stability of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager an eight point five out of ten.

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager performs well from a scalability perspective and is functioning properly with our current implementation. We are actively working to expand our usage and scale the solution up and out.

Organizations considering Dell PowerProtect Data Manager should be aware that customer support responsiveness could be improved, and database-level backup support requires enhancement. I would rate Dell's customer support a seven out of ten.

Before implementing Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, I was using traditional backup solutions such as Veritas. We are now migrating to Dell PowerProtect Data Manager based on this transition.

I would recommend Dell PowerProtect Data Manager to other organizations because it is cost-effective and delivers good performance compared to alternative solutions.

My impression of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager's dashboard interface and user experience is that it is user-friendly, straightforward, and simple with an easy design that anyone can understand and use effectively. I assess the efficiency of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager in managing data recovery processes at a VM-level snapshot to be a ten out of ten, while for remaining database recoveries, I would rate it an eight out of ten. I have utilized the solution's deduplication feature through Dell EMC with three hundred configuration. Both deduplication and compression are available based on operating system settings. Regarding role-based access control and its impact on security management within our operations, we are currently not utilizing role-based access and instead maintain common credentials only, though such role-based access control is available in solutions like Veritas. My overall review rating for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is eight point five out of ten.

We are using Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  to back up all of our on-premises servers and replicate the backup to the cloud. We have also started to back up our cloud data with this solution.

We back up all of the virtual machines in our VMware environment with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  and we have a bunch of domain controllers at all of our branches. We back up the file share data from the domain controllers at the branches.

Currently, there is no major improvement since using Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. The major improvement is the fact that we are now on a supportable version of software and hardware for our backup solutions. We are rolling over to new hardware.

That is basically all we are using Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for at this point in time.

We have been using Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for three months now.

There are no issues at this point in time with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. Since we just implemented it, we have not experienced any major issues outside of typical new user problems. So far, the experience has been positive.

I have used Dell PowerProtect in the past and had no issues with it back then. When it came time to renew our backup platform, this was one of the tools that we looked at. We felt it met our needs and was a partner that we wanted to stick with.

I appreciate the response about Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. We have not had enough time in the product yet to be able to evaluate what would be better or worse with this solution. There are some kinks in the system to figure out with this interview, but it is fine enough. I would rate this review as adequate.

I work with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  and Data Domain, which are backup software solutions.

The features I appreciate about Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  include the snapshot killer, which is a very good feature, and the ability to access the hypervisor directly to take backups from VMs. I find it most beneficial because of the ease and power of the core backup software. Dell created the backup software from scratch, so they incorporated the most powerful features found in other backup software in the field.

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager should add support for Hyper-V  and Nutanix VMs, as well as Kubernetes . Additionally, they should support tape library backup capabilities.

I have been working with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for almost one year.

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is very stable.

It is scalable.

I have no experience with technical support from Dell because I have not deployed it before.

I have worked with Veeam, Veritas, and Commvault. All of them are great backup software.

I think the license for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is the same as other backup software.

I work with a company called Global Brands, and one of their companies is called Direct, which is a Platinum Partner to Dell. I do not have any specific examples to share at the moment. I have hands-on experience on a demo website and I purchase through Dell. I give this product a review rating of 8 because it is a very good backup solution.

For virtual environments using VMware, when customers want to purchase a separate recovery solution from Dell, I recommend Dell PowerProtect Data Manager as the backup software.

We are selling backup management solutions like Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  alongside Data Domain. We use Dell PowerProtect Data Manager  for disaster recovery through incremental backups.

The management part of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager has improved significantly. We value its backup appliance solution, which can be integrated seamlessly with existing systems when customers choose Dell. PowerProtect also offers both cloud and on-premise versions, eliminating many deployment issues. Additionally, its stability is commendable, with a rating of eight out of ten.

The marketing strategy is lagging behind competitors such as CommVault. Dell needs to improve its market presence and communication with customers and solution providers.

We have been using Dell PowerProtect Data Manager alongside previous deployments of Networker for many years.

The stability of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated eight out of ten.

Dell technical support is good and rated eight out of ten.

We previously used Networker and moved towards PowerProtect, although we still face installation issues.

The initial setup is not complex at all, with both cloud and on-premise versions available.

Overall, pricing does not significantly impact our decision. The main concern is the solution itself, presales activities, and positioning it in the right place. Commercial aspects are secondary to technical and marketing considerations.

Competitors like CommVault, Veeam, and Data Protector  from OpenText  are evaluated because they have a stronger market push.

Regardless of competition, we recommend Dell PowerProtect Data Manager when working with Dell solutions. However, we feel more comfortable with competitors due to better communication and marketing. Overall, the market acceptance is less favorable for Dell. The overall rating for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is seven out of ten.