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How Arcserve Backup Processes Encrypted D2D/UDP Backup Sessions

D2D/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 D2D/UDP data, you specify the password when you submit the restore.

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

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