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Re: [Networker] Password protect/encrypt in NW 7.4 SP2?

2009-04-04 13:41:07
Subject: Re: [Networker] Password protect/encrypt in NW 7.4 SP2?
From: Denis <denis.mail.list AT FREE DOT FR>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 19:31:34 +0200
Hello,

you must add an "aes" asm in your golbal directive, and populate the datazone 
pass phrase in your NMC.

After that, you could be able to recover whatever you want, anywhere you want, 
if you don't forget your datazone pass phrase ;-)

Hope this helps.

Denis
 
----- "MIchael Leone" <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV> a écrit :

> I am going to have to start password protecting (and probably,
> encrypting) 
> my Networker scheduled backups. I am going through the Admin Guide,
> and am 
> unclear on a couple points:
> 
> (this is for all Windows clients)
> 
> I want to apply the password and/or encryption to all my scheduled
> jobs. I 
> realize that this means I need to add lines to my directives. I do use
> 
> global directives (to skip certain file types, etc). But I am unclear
> 
> where I save the password. I do want it as a global directive (i.e.,
> not 
> have to touch any clients). And I guess I am not groking how to do
> that, 
> from the examples - where the password is entered, is the password
> file 
> itself encrypted, etc.
> 
> Also, suppose I need to do a restore to a different NetWorker server
> (my 
> current one melts down, and I need to re-create a new one from
> scratch). 
> How do I verify that the backup sets can be decrypted? I also many
> times 
> have to do a recover to a different NW server, at one of my remote
> sites 
> (my remote sites all run NW Business Edition, instead of the Network 
> Edition I run here at the data center). If I do a recover of a
> password 
> protected / encrypted backup set to a completely different NW server,
> what 
> would I have to do to ensure that the backup set can be recovered and
> 
> properly opened/used/etc?
> 
> I'm guessing that I need to use the same password at all my sites, but
> 
> what of the decrypting?
> 
> Thanks for any clues ...
> 
> -- 
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
> Tel:  215-684-4180
> Cell: 215-252-0143
> <mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
> 
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