# SEP Sesam **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442 "2014-12-02T16:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442/1 "2014-12-02T16:06:02Z")
Have been doing a demo with Sesam and was wondering if anyone else uses this backup product. If so, what is your opinion on it. I currently house a Unitrends device for backup, which I am happy with. The only difference is that SEP’s software seems to be better at recovering a bare metal sles11/oes11 system than my current vendor. Thanks for any insight! This is a repost from OES/Linux Backup and storage forum. ## – shesser shesser’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442/2 "2014-12-02T16:32:11Z")
Shesser,[color=blue] > If so, what is your opinion on it.[/color] Excellent product, excellent support, provided you keep up maintenance. UI takes a while to get used to as the way you approach things is quite a bit different from say ArcServe. – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442/3 "2014-12-02T20:06:01Z")
Thanks for the Reply Anders! That one thing I noticed is the UI is much different and how you set backups. The only other things I’m not thrilled about is they charge per agent like most other backup vendors and you have to provide the hardware and os. Unitrend’s does not do it that way, you can backup as many machines as you want to a device, space is the only issue which is not expandable unless you upgrade to a bigger appliance. Thanks! ## – shesser shesser’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442/4 "2014-12-02T20:50:48Z")
Shesser,[color=blue] > The only other things I’m not > thrilled about is they charge per agent like most other backup vendors > and you have to provide the hardware and os. Unitrend’s does not do it > that way, you can backup as many machines as you want to a device, space > is the only issue which is not expandable unless you upgrade to a bigger > appliance.[/color] They have different licensing models though. There is one IIRC that will ley you back up 10 VMs – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442/5 "2014-12-02T21:26:01Z")
I thank you again for your feed back. I’m about ready to start talking and figuring a cost out with them. My environment is small and does not change very often. I have 6 machines I backup and all but one is bare metal. 3 Windows, 2 sles/oes and 1 netware still! One of the Windows machines is a vm. Thanks again ## – shesser shesser’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442/6 "2014-12-02T22:35:57Z")
shesser sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > 2 sles/oes and 1 netware still! > > Thanks again[/color] So my response to shesser’s comment is… Cool! What does the Netware box run? What version, etc? – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sep-sesam/26442/7 "2015-03-16T22:34:01Z")
shesser;251676 Wrote:[color=blue] > Have been doing a demo with Sesam and was wondering if anyone else uses > this backup product. If so, what is your opinion on it. I currently > house a Unitrends device for backup, which I am happy with. The only > difference is that SEP’s software seems to be better at recovering a > bare metal sles11/oes11 system than my current vendor. > > Thanks for any insight! > > This is a repost from OES/Linux Backup and storage forum. > > ## – shesser > > shesser’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838) > View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=480791)[/color] Now I was just looking at switching from ArcServe to Sesam! Will be moving my Netware 6.5 sp5 server to OES soon, and I want a solution that will cover all my SLES servers, maybe even a few local systems. If you have more to post on your experience please share. Anders, thanks for your info on the diff b/w ArcServe and Sesam, good to know. I also am considering using an EMC VNXe series unit for the storage, supposed to work with any major backup program (also comes with its own). Val ## – iliadmin iliadmin’s Profile: [https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=9281](https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=9281) View this thread: [https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=52338](https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=52338)