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Add-VBREncryptionKey

Short Description

Creates encryption key.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Add-VBREncryptionKey [-Password] <securestring> [[-Description] <string>]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a new encryption key.

This cmdlet accepts SecureString type. Use Microsoft PowerShell standard capabilities to convert your password into the SecureString.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Password

Specifies password you want to use to encrypt data.

Accepts SecureString type.

True

0

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Description

Specifies description of the new encryption key that you can further use to search encryption keys.

False

1

False

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Return Type

PSCryptoKey

Example

This command creates a 'Veeam Administrator' encryption key.

The password is turned into a SecureString by running ConvertTo-SecureString and assigned to the '$securepassword' variable.

$plainpassword = "VeeamPassword"

$securepassword = $plainpassword | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force

Add-VBREncryptionKey -Password $securepassword -Description "Veeam Administrator"