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Exporting an encryption key
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The Encryption Keys page appears.
3. Locate the encryption key you want to edit, and do the following:
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If the key is locked, you must first unlock it. See
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If the key is unlocked, proceed as described below.
4.
Click the drop-down menu
for the specified encryption key, and select Edit.
The Edit Encryption Key dialog box appears.
5. In the dialog box, edit the name or the description for the encryption key, and then click OK.
The dialog box closes, and the changes for the selected encryption key are visible on the Encryption Keys
page.
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Changing an encryption key passphrase
To maintain maximum security, you can change the passphrase for any existing encryption key. Complete the
steps in this procedure to change the passphrase for an encryption key.
CAUTION:
After you edit the passphrase for an encryption key that is used to protect one or more
machines, Rapid Recovery Core captures an incremental snapshot for that machine upon the next
scheduled or forced snapshot.
1. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core.
2.
On the icon bar, click (More) and then select Encryption Keys.
The Encryption Keys page appears.
3.
Locate the encryption key you want to update, click its drop-down menu
, and select Change
passphrase.
The Change Passphrase dialog box appears.
4. In the dialog box, in the Passphrase field, enter the new passphrase for the encryption.
5. In the Confirm passphrase field, re-enter the identical passphrase.
6. Click OK.
The dialog box closes and the passphrase is updated.
7. Optionally, if you use a hint in the Description field, edit the encryption key to update the hint. For more
information, see
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CAUTION:
Rapid Recovery uses AES 256-bit encryption in the Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode
with 256-bit keys. Dell recommends that you record the passphrase in a secure location and keep this
information updated. Dell Support cannot recover a passphrase. Without the passphrase, you cannot
recover information from encrypted recovery points.
Parent topic
Exporting an encryption key
You can export an encryption key from any Rapid Recovery 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.
