If your installation of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager goes down for some reason, you will lose private Enterprise Manager keys.

Create backup copies of Enterprise Manager keysets and keep them in a safe place.

When you activate a keyset, the public Enterprise Manager key is automatically propagated to backup servers connected to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and is used for encrypted jobs on these servers.

Create and activate new Enterprise Manager keysets regularly.

In this case, Veeam Backup & Replication will employ Enterprise Manager keys in the encryption process, which will let you recover data from encrypted backups and tapes even if the password is lost or forgotten.Ĭonsider the following recommendations for Enterprise Manager keysets: If you use Veeam Universal License (or a legacy socket-based license, Enterprise or higher edition), connect backup servers to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. Use of different passwords helps increase the encryption security level.

Change passwords for encrypted jobs regularly.

If you lose or forget your password, you will not be able to recover data from backups or tapes encrypted with this password, unless you use Enterprise Manager keys in the encryption process.

The hint for the password is displayed when you import an encrypted file or tape to the backup server and attempt to unlock it. Provide a meaningful hint for the password that will help you recall the password.The password must not contain any real information related to you, for example, date of birth, your pet’s name, your logon name and so on.The password must significantly differ from the password you used previously.The password must be a mixture of alphabetic, numeric and punctuation characters.The password must contain uppercase and lowercase characters.The password must be at least 8 characters long.Use strong passwords that are hard to crack or guess:.To guarantee the flawless process of data encryption and decryption, consider the following recommendations.Ĭonsider the following recommendations when you create a password:

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