Recovering encrypted data from Netbackup.

Zoomer

My job has started making encrypted backup tapes with Netbackup. They also want to do a recovery test to see if everything can be restored. Is there anything that I need to take with me when I try to recover the data? I have a passphrase that was told that I could use it to create new keys and restore the encrypted data.

Is this everything I would need?

Slowhand

I would try this in a lab environment first, before you attempt to recover job-related data. Set up a machine, encrypt some files, back them up, and then work through restoring them. It's far better to break it in the lab, rather than on your production servers.

Zoomer

I wish I could test it first. Unfortunately, I don't have that option since we only have one tape drive. This really isn't a real situation, we will be running a recovery test at Sungard and was wondering if there was anything else besides the passphrase and login and password that I should bring with me to restore the encrypted data.

Slowhand

Unless you used a token or another form of encryption, the login and password credentials should be all you need.