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How Arcserve Backup Processes Encrypted Arcserve D2D Backup Sessions

Arcserve D2D 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 Arcserve D2D data, you specify the password when you submit the restore.

To back up Arcserve D2D sessions to Arcserve Backup media, you add the Arcserve D2D servers to the Backup Manager Source directory tree before you can submit backups. The process of adding the Arcserve D2D servers to the Source tree requires you to specify the Arcserve D2D computer name and credentials (user name and password). Arcserve Backup uses the Arcserve D2D credentials to retrieve the Arcserve D2D encryption password, to decrypt the data, and to back up the data to Arcserve Backup media. As a result, Arcserve Backup stores the Arcserve D2D backup sessions on Arcserve Backup media in decrypted format.

To recover Arcserve D2D data from Arcserve Backup media, a password is not required. If you want to encrypt the Arcserve D2D 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 in the Administration Guide.