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NOTE: If you enable encryption, it is applied to data for all protected volumes for this agent machine.
You can change the settings later from the Configuration tab in the Rapid Recovery Core Console.
For more information about encryption, see the topic Understanding encryption keys .
CAUTION: Rapid Recovery uses AES 256-bit encryption in the Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode
with 256-bit keys. While using encryption is optional, Dell highly recommends that you establish an
encryption key, and that you protect the passphrase you define. Store the passphrase in a secure
location as it is critical for data recovery. Without a passphrase, data recovery is not possible.
15. If you want to encrypt these protected machines using an encryption key that is already defined on this
Rapid Recovery Core, select Encrypt data using an existing Encryption key, and select the appropriate key
from the drop-down menu.
Proceed to
Step 17 .
16. If you want to add an encryption key to the Core and apply that key to these protected machines, then enter
the information as described in the following table.
Table 102. Encryption key settings
Text Box Description
Name Enter a name for the encryption key.
Encryption key names must contain between 1 and
130 alphanumeric characters. You may not include
special characters such as the back slash, forward
slash, pipe, colon, asterisk, quotation mark, question
mark, open or close brackets, ampersand or hash.
Description Enter a comment for the encryption key.
This information appears in the Description field
when viewing encryption keys from the Core
Console.
Passphrase Enter the passphrase used to control access.
The best practice is to avoid special characters listed
in the Name description of this table.
Record the passphrase in a secure location. Dell
Support cannot recover a passphrase. Once you
create an encryption key and apply it to one or more
protected machines, you cannot recover data if you
lose the passphrase.
Confirm Passphrase Re-enter the passphrase you just entered.
17. Click Finish.
Rapid Recovery adds the selected VMs and their host to the list of Protected Machines.
Parent topic
Accessing protected machine diagnostics
In Rapid Recovery, you can download and view diagnostic information for individual protected machines.
Additionally, Rapid Recovery lets you download and view log data for the Core.