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peter12's avatar
peter12
Level 4
5 years ago

Password protect backups

Hi:

Is there a way to password protect specific backups, can it be done for backups already created?

You can encrypt backups, but if two users with same privileges have access to same media server that created the backups, either of them can restore any file backed up started by the other user?

Thanks for your help, best regards.

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    5 years ago

    peter12 

    Think about it this way:

    "... if two users with same privileges have access to same media server", it means that they are both trusted Backup Admins, right?

    You should not have backups started manually by individual users. The norm is to schedule backups to start automatically as configured in Policy schedules.

    Manual backups started on a client is usually done by a dba or by a server administrator. These are trusted roles decided by domain admins and controlled by company policies. If any user cannot be trusted with backups of a particular server, they should not have server admin roles or backup admin roles.

     

    • peter12's avatar
      peter12
      Level 4
      5 years ago

      Thanks, Nicolai/Marianne.

      I understand your point, had to verify 'cause its a customer question.

      Best regards.

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    5 years ago

    I don't think password protecting is what you are looking for. What you need is role-based access control to segegrate duties.

    Pls take a look at the NBAC role-based access control

    https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/134641643-134641656-0/v130853120-134641656

    There is also a youtube video on configuration:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmosuTyjDA0

    To my knowledge there is no such thing as password protection in in Netbackup for backups.