About Backups

The Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) allows you to securely transfer only the system backups from the CipherTrust Manager to the external servers.

You have two backup methods namely, Scheduled backup (automatic) and / or Manual backup. The following are the prerequisites and operations that need to be performed.

When a backup is created, it is always encrypted with a backup key. If a backup key is not specified, the default backup key is used to encrypt the backup. This backup key is required to restore the backup file.

Backups and backup keys are not automatically copied to other nodes in High Availability. They only exist on a node where they are created or copied to. Backups are treated as resources and are controlled through the API, ksctl, and GUI.

CipherTrust Manager supports system backups and domain scoped backups.