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peter12's avatar
peter12
Level 4
4 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 ...
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Marianne
Level 6
4 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.

 

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    peter12
    Level 4
    4 years ago

    Thanks, Nicolai/Marianne.

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

    Best regards.