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Migration assessment

Can DPX replace your Backup Exec environment?

Backup Exec covers a lot of ground, and no two installations use the same part of it. This assessment asks what you actually run, then scores how much of that Catalogic DPX covers, where a workflow differs enough to plan around, and what would still need a separate product.

It takes about a minute. Your score appears straight away, and our team can email you the full report.

Check your Backup Exec environment

Tick everything you use in Backup Exec today. The result shows how much of it DPX covers, where the workflow differs, and what you would need another tool for.

Step 1. Tell us what you use in Backup Exec

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Virtualization and servers

VMware vSphere / ESXi backup Agentless VM backup and restore. Microsoft Hyper-V backup Hyper-V VM backup and restore. Physical Windows server backup Windows file and system protection. Physical Linux server backup Linux agent-based protection. IBM AIX backup AIX workload protection. Oracle Solaris backup Solaris workload protection.

Applications and SaaS

Microsoft SQL Server Application-aware SQL backup and recovery. Microsoft Exchange Server Exchange-aware backup and recovery. Microsoft SharePoint Server SharePoint-aware backup. Oracle Database Oracle database backup and recovery. Active Directory granular object recovery Restore users, OUs and other AD objects. Microsoft 365 backup Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Teams or Entra ID.

Backup and recovery

Incremental and forever-incremental backup Reduce the data moved after the initial full backup. Granular file recovery from VM backups Recover files without restoring the whole VM. Granular application-item recovery GRT-style recovery for Exchange, AD, SharePoint or SQL. Instant VM recovery Start a VM from backup storage without waiting for a full restore. Windows bare-metal recovery (SDR) Recover an entire Windows server. Physical-to-virtual conversion Convert protected physical systems into VMs. VM recovery validation (Recovery Ready) Confirm that protected VMs can actually be recovered.

Storage and media

Disk backup target Store backups on conventional disk. Deduplicated backup storage Reduce backup storage consumption. Tape drives and tape libraries Backup, archive and offline retention on tape. NDMP NAS backup Protect NAS filers over NDMP. S3-compatible cloud object storage Cloud backup or archive target. WORM and immutable backup copies Keep backup copies safe from modification.

Security and operations

Malware scanning before VM restore Scan a VM backup set before recovering it. Central monitoring and reporting Jobs, alerts, events and scheduled reports. Central Admin Server (CASO) multi-server management CASO-style management of several Backup Exec servers. Retention and lifecycle management Manage backup retention automatically.

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What DPX does with your requirements

Covered means a direct DPX equivalent. Partial means DPX gets you there another way, with limits worth checking. Not supported means you need a second tool for that workload.

VMware vSphere / ESXi backup

DPX provides agentless VMware protection, incremental backup and VM recovery.

Covered

Microsoft Hyper-V backup

DPX supports Hyper-V protection and recovery.

Covered

Physical Windows server backup

DPX supports Windows file and block-level protection.

Covered

Physical Linux server backup

DPX supports Linux file and block-level protection.

Covered

IBM AIX backup

DPX reaches AIX data at file level through a Linux NFS mount rather than a native AIX agent. Plan for file-level recovery only, with no AIX bare-metal or system-state restore.

Partial

Oracle Solaris backup

DPX reaches Solaris data at file level through a Linux NFS mount rather than a native Solaris agent. Plan for file-level recovery only, with no Solaris bare-metal or system-state restore.

Partial

Microsoft SQL Server

DPX supports SQL Server in standalone and clustered configurations.

Covered

Microsoft Exchange Server

DPX supports Exchange, including DAG configurations.

Covered

Microsoft SharePoint Server

DPX supports SharePoint application protection.

Covered

Oracle Database

DPX provides Oracle database protection.

Covered

Active Directory granular object recovery

DPX protects Windows and Active Directory systems, but granular AD-object recovery should be qualified against your specific requirement.

Partial

Microsoft 365 backup

DPX is not a Microsoft 365 SaaS backup platform. This workload needs a separate tool alongside DPX.

Not supported

Incremental and forever-incremental backup

DPX supports incremental backup workflows across its major protection types.

Covered

Granular file recovery from VM backups

DPX provides granular file recovery from VMware and block backups through vStor Snapshot Explorer.

Covered

Granular application-item recovery

DPX protects these applications, but Backup Exec GRT workflows do not map one to one. Validate the recovery granularity you actually need.

Partial

Instant VM recovery

DPX provides rapid VMware recovery and migration from instant recovery to a full restore.

Covered

Windows bare-metal recovery (SDR)

DPX provides Windows bare-metal recovery.

Covered

Physical-to-virtual conversion

DPX covers this with its virtualization and bare-metal recovery workflows.

Covered

VM recovery validation (Recovery Ready)

DPX includes backup verification to validate recoverability.

Covered

Disk backup target

DPX supports DiskDirectory and vStor-based backup targets.

Covered

Deduplicated backup storage

DPX vStor provides integrated deduplicated backup storage.

Covered

Tape drives and tape libraries

DPX supports tape and tape-library management.

Covered

NDMP NAS backup

DPX supports NDMP backup.

Covered

S3-compatible cloud object storage

DPX supports S3-compatible cloud archive workflows.

Covered

WORM and immutable backup copies

DPX can hold block and agentless backups as immutable vStor snapshots, and supports offline tape copies.

Covered

Malware scanning before VM restore

DPX approaches this differently. Backup verification plus GuardMode ransomware detection replaces the Backup Exec pre-restore malware scan rather than matching it step for step.

Partial

Central monitoring and reporting

DPX provides centralized job, event and reporting capabilities.

Covered

Central Admin Server (CASO) multi-server management

DPX centrally manages a DPX environment, but replacing a CASO topology one for one needs an architecture review.

Partial

Retention and lifecycle management

DPX supports retention policies and archive or offload workflows.

Covered

What you gain by moving

DPX capabilities that Backup Exec does not offer natively.

Native Proxmox VE backup and restore

DPX 4.16 adds full and incremental Proxmox VM backup to vStor, plus full VM restore.

Linux bare-metal recovery

DPX provides Linux bare-metal recovery as well as Windows. Backup Exec SDR is Windows only.

Linux block-level protection

DPX can protect Linux systems at block level, not only through a file-level agent.

Ransomware behaviour detection with GuardMode

GuardMode watches for suspicious file activity as it happens, which catches an attack earlier than scanning a backup set at restore time.

Immutable vStor snapshots

DPX block and agentless backups can be held as immutable snapshots directly on the integrated vStor repository.

Recovery from replicated or offloaded vStor volumes

DPX can recover from an alternate vStor volume when the original backup-volume mapping is gone.

Multi-VM disaster recovery

DPX coordinates recovery of several VMware VMs together and can recover from secondary backup volumes.

These are left out of the percentage on purpose. The score answers one question: how much of your current Backup Exec environment DPX covers.

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The full report goes through every capability you selected: what DPX does with it, where the workflow differs, and what you gain by moving.

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Assessment baseline: Backup Exec 25.x feature set and DPX 4.16. Check exact operating-system, application, hypervisor, storage and tape-device versions against the current DPX compatibility matrices before you plan a migration.

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