PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 Oracle RMAN User Guide

Data-in-flight encryption

PowerProtect Data Manager provides centralized management of backup and restore encryption for application agents. Backup and restore encryption is supported for both centralized and self-service operations where applicable.

You can ensure that the backup and restore content is encrypted when read on the source system, transmitted in encrypted form, and then decrypted before it is saved on the destination storage. This prevents another party from intercepting private data.

PowerProtect Data Manager only supports encryption in-flight for Microsoft SQL Server with Application Direct, Microsoft Exchange Server, Oracle RMAN, File System, SAP HANA, and network attached storage (NAS) workloads. This is a global setting that is applicable to all supported workloads. For File System agents, restore encryption is supported for image-level restore only. For Microsoft SQL Server agents, restore encryption is supported for database-level restore only.

The PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide and PowerProtect Data Manager Security Configuration Guide provide more information about encryption in-flight, such as how to enable the feature and important considerations to understand before enabling.