How Arcserve Backup Processes Encrypted UDP Backup Sessions

UDP lets you protect sensitive data using data encryption. The data is protected using an encryption password that you specify when the backup is submitted. To recover the UDP data, you specify the password when you submit the restore.

To back up UDP sessions to Arcserve Backup media, you add the UDP servers to the Backup Manager Source directory tree before you can submit backups. The process of adding the UDP servers to the Source tree requires you to specify the UDP computer name and credentials (user name and password). Arcserve Backup uses the UDP credentials to retrieve the UDP encryption password, to decrypt the data, and to back up the data to Arcserve Backup media. As a result, Arcserve Backup stores the UDP backup sessions on Arcserve Backup media in decrypted format.

To recover UDP data from Arcserve Backup media, a password is not required. If you want to encrypt the UDP data on Arcserve Backup media, you can specify Arcserve Backup encryption options when you submit the job. For more information about encryption options, see Backup Manager Encryption/Compression Options.