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How Arcserve Backup Processes Encrypted Arcserve UDP Backup Sessions

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

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

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