Dell Appassure 5 User Guide

Dell AppAssure User Guide
Version 5.4.3 Revision B89
Applying or removing encryption from a 
protected machine
You can secure the data protected on your Core at any time by defining an encryption key and applying it to one 
or more protected machines in your repository. You can apply a single encryption key to any number of 
protected machines, but any protected machine can only use one encryption key at a time.
The scope of deduplication in AppAssure is limited to protected machines using the same...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B90 • By modifying the configuration settings for a machine. This method applies an encryption key to one 
protected machine at a time. There are two approaches for modifying configuration settings for a 
machine in the AppAssure UI:
•Modify the Core settings in the Configuration tab for a specific protected machine. The 
encryption key you want to use for this approach must already exist on the AppAssure Core. For 
more information, see Viewing and...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B91 4Click OK.
The dialog box closes. The encryption key you specified has been applied to future backups for this 
protected machine, and the lock now appears as closed.
Optionally, if you want the encryption key applied immediately, force a snapshot. For more information, 
see Forcing a snapshot.
Disassociating an encryption key from a protected 
machine
Once an encryption key is applied to a protected machine, all subsequent snapshot data stored in the...

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Managing encryption keys
To manage encryption keys for the AppAssure Core, from the Configuration tab, click Security. The Encryption 
Keys pane appears. For each encryption key added to your AppAssure Core (if any have been defined yet), you 
see the information described in the following table.
At the top level of the Encryption Keys pane, you can add an encryption key or import a key using a file 
exported from another AppAssure Core.
Once an...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B93 From the Encryption Keys pane, you can manage security for the backup data saved to the Core for any 
protected machine in your repository by doing the following:
•Adding an encryption key
•Importing an encryption key
•Locking or unlocking an encryption key
•Editing an encryption key
•Changing an encryption key passphrase
•Exporting an encryption key
•Removing an encryption key
•Changing encryption key status
Adding an encryption key
After an...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B94 5 If you want to apply the encryption key to a protected machine, see Applying an encryption key from the 
Machines tab.
Importing an encryption key
You can import an encryption key from another AppAssure Core and use that key to encrypt data for a protected 
machine in your Core. To import the key, you must be able to access it from the Core machine, either locally or 
through your network.
Complete the steps in this procedure to import an encryption...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B95 If an unlocked encryption key is currently being used to protect a machine in the Core, you must first 
disassociate that encryption key from the protected machine before you can lock it.
Complete the steps in this procedure to unlock a locked encryption key.
To unlock an encryption key
1 Navigate to the AppAssure Core, click the Configuration tab, and then select Security.
The Encryption Keys page appears. The State column indicates which encryption...

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Editing an encryption key
After an encryption key is defined, you can edit the name of the encryption key or the description of the key. 
These properties are visible when you view the list of encryption keys in the Encryption Keys pane.
Complete the steps in this procedure to edit the name or description of an existing encryption key.
To edit an encryption key
1 Navigate to the AppAssure Core, click the Configuration tab, and then select Security.
The...

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Exporting an encryption key
You can export an encryption key from any AppAssure Core with the express purpose of using it in another Core. 
When you perform this procedure, the key is saved to the Downloads folder for the active Windows user 
account.
Complete the steps in this procedure to export an encryption key.
To export an encryption key
1 Navigate to the AppAssure Core, click the Configuration tab, and then select Security.
2 From the...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B98 cannot be locked manually. If you want to manually lock an encryption key with a status of Universal, you must 
change the status to Replicated using this procedure.
Follow this procedure to change the status of an encryption key.
To change encryption key status
1 Navigate to the AppAssure Core, click the Configuration tab, and then select Security.
Any encryption keys accessible to the Core appear in the Encryption Keys pane. Each lists a status of...