Lenovo ThinkPad R61i - Manual (Page 59)

You can set, change, disable, or enable a backup password according to the
following examples.
v Using the Rescue and Recovery graphical user interface
The 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 password.
– 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 are 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. It will keep
using the previous password if no new password is set.
v Using the RRCMD command-line interface
All 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 performing 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 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:
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