About encrypted backup sets and the Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard

The Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard supports the recovery of computers with previously encrypted backup sets.

When you use the Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard’s automated recovery option to recover a local media server, the wizard prompts you for the pass phrase of each encrypted backup set that is required to complete the restore job.

When you use a remote media server to recover a computer with encrypted backup sets, one of the following occurs:

Table: Encryption keys, passphrases, and the Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard

Item

Description

If the backup set was created on the remote media server

The Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard automatically retrieves the encryption keys.

If the backup set was not created on the remote media server

The Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard prompts you to enter the pass phrase.

When you use the Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard’s manual recovery option, the wizard prompts you for the pass phrase of each encrypted backup set that is required to complete the recovery.

See Encryption keys.

About encrypted backup sets and the Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard