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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section III. Configuring hosts
  4. Managing host properties
  5. Encryption properties
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Encryption properties

To access these settings, in the web UI click Hosts > Host properties. Select the client. If necessary, click Connect, then click Edit client. Click Encryption.

The Encryption properties control encryption on the currently selected client.

More information is available in the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

The Encryption permissions property indicates the encryption setting on the selected NetBackup client as determined by the primary server.

Table: Encryption permissions selections

Property

Description

Not allowed

Specifies that the client does not permit encrypted backups. If the server requests an encrypted backup, the backup job ends due to error.

Allowed

Specifies that the client allows either encrypted or unencrypted backups. Allowed is the default setting for a client that has not been configured for encryption.

Required

Specifies that the client requires encrypted backups. If the server requests an unencrypted backup, the backup job ends due to error.

Choose the encryption properties.

Table: Encryption properties

Property

Description

Use standard encryption

Pertains to the 128-bit and the 256-bit options of NetBackup Encryption.

Client cipher

The following cipher types are available: AES-256-CFB and AES-128-CFB.

AES-128-CFB is the default.

More information about the ciphers file is available in the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

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