I will not go as far as calling Symantec names like other bloggers do, for example‘The Great Yellow Peril’, none of the name-calling in this post is by me, it all is from various blogs and forum posts and is indicated as such.

I use lots of software and all solutions have bugs. Before I try something new, especially in a critical area like backup, I’d like to read what people say about it. In my previous posts you can see the problems that I and many other people found with new VBR7 (Veeam Backup & Replication 7). One of the alternatives to this product is Symantec Backup Exec 2012. I made a research of what people say about it, trying to determine if it is a stable product. My findings prove that this product has major flaws and many problems. Here are some examples:

Backup Exec 2012 SQL agent brings SQL server 2005 to a crawl

- this is new version, but it crashes and support doesn’t help

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/backup-exec-2012-crashes-system-bug

- system slows down when BE is working (not good)

There is a huge post on SpiceWorks that sums up user experience with BE2012:

Has anyone looked at Backup Exec 2012 yet? - Spiceworks

You can read it yourself, I’ll just say that BE2012 was not the best release for Symantec...

Read the full post in my blog:

Symantec Backup Exec 2012 bug report: ‘BE2012 was the horror’ | VBSCS