Veritas vs Computer Associates

For ARCserve 6.0, it has this optional software called 'Open File', which is able to backup open file.
Now, the new version of ARCserve is called ARCserveIT. For more info. http://www.computerassociate.com/arcserveit/prodinfo.htm.
Sorry, I don't have much experience in Veritas Backup Exec. So, I hope this can help you. Let me know, if you need any help.

Veritas Backup Exec V8(NT4&Win2K) is single server and can backup workstations over lan. It supports a one drive tape library on the server without an optional library module. To backup other servers on the lan, you need to buy the required backup agents for those servers. Has optional Exchange Server and SQL modules as well. Has open file option too. I like it. Not too difficult with a bit of training.
David

I've worked with both products. Both have similar functionality that can be extended by add-on agents for Open Files, SQL and Exchange and both have reasonably friendly user interfaces. The ups are that they work well once installed and configuredproperly.

The downs are that, in both cases, you can grow old very fast waiting for their technical support to get around to answering your questions or responding to your problems.

With that in mind, I slightly prefer BackupExec because I have a problem-free installation more often with that product than with ArcServeIT. Most of the problems I've had with ArcServe have been related to corruption of the underlying database and some have been very difficult and time-consuming to fix.

paul