About encrypted backup sets and the Disaster Recovery Wizard

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

When you use the 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:

If the backup set was created on the remote media server

The Disaster Recovery Wizard automatically retrieves the encryption keys.

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

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

When you use the 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. For more information, see "Encryption keys" in the Backup Exec for Windows Servers Administrator's Guide.