Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 - Manual (Page 59)

Backup password
The backup password can be set through the Rescue and Recovery graphical user interface or the Rescue
and Recovery command-line interface (RRCMD) with specified parameters. Once the password is set, it will
be used to protect all backups unless the password is disabled or changed.
You can set, change, disable, or enable a backup password according to the following examples.
• Using the Rescue and Recovery graphical user interfaceThe password can be set through the Set
schedule and preferences option.
– Setting a new password Select the Protect your backups with a password check box and type
your password.
– Changing the password Click Set Password and type both the old and new passwords.
– Disabling the password Clear the Protect your backups with a password check box. The backup
password will be disabled and all future backup data will have no password protected.
Note: If you have old backups that were made with a previous password, you will still be required to
type the previous backup password in the PDA when restoring those backups. When new backups
have been created to merge all old backups, the backup password will no longer be required for
restoring incremental backups. However, because the base backup is password protected, restoring
the base backup will still require the previous password.
– Enabling the password Select the Protect your backups with a password check box. The previous
password will remain valid if no new password is set.
• Using the RRCMD command-line interfaceAll commands related to backup password setting are
provided below.
– Setting a new password You can create a password using the following syntax:
rrcmd createpassword password=xxx
xxx is the password you set for the backup.
You can also set the backup password following a backup operation. The backup, basebackup, and
sysprepbackup options in the following syntax support using the password parameter to create a
backup password, for example:
rrcmd [backup | basebackup | sysprepbackup] location=L name=mybackup password=xxx
xxx is the password you set for the backup.
Note: The backup password information will be created after you perform the commands above
and you will use this password for future backups. Once a backup password is created, the
above password=xxx command cannot be used. The command changepassword=xxx must be used
subsequently.
– Changing the password You can change the old password to a new password using the following
syntax:
rrcmd changepassword password=xxx new_password=yyy
xxx is the old password, and yyy is the new password you set for the backup.
– Disabling the password You can disable the backup password from being used in future backups
using the following syntax:
rrcmd disablepassword password=xxx
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