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Encryption

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    Encryption is a Veeam Backup & Replication built-in mechanism that helps you protect your data from unauthorized access, especially if you back up sensitive VM data to offsite locations or archive it to tape.

    Data encryption transforms data to a secure format with the help of a cryptographic algorithm and a secret key. The secret, or encryption keys, are stored in the Veeam backup database.

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    Operation

    VMware

    Hyper-V

    Creates an encryption key

    Add-VBREncryptionKey

    Add-VBREncryptionKey

    Looks for the existing encryption keys

    Get-VBREncryptionKey

    Get-VBREncryptionKey

    Modifies an encryption key

    Set-VBREncryptionKey

    Set-VBREncryptionKey

    Removes an encryption key

    Remove-VBREncryptionKey

    Remove-VBREncryptionKey