PBS encryption in an existing task

[rainer.lilischkis]

Hello,

we’re using a local PBS for backups, unencrypted.
Now we want to set up a second backup that synchronizes to an external PBS. We’d like to encrypt that one.

Can we simply enable encryption now, or would we lose our existing backups if we do that?


Best,
Rainer

 

[Chris]

Hi,
encryption in PBS is handled on the client side. So if you enable encryption now, previous snapshots will remain unencrypted but still accessible, while new ones will be encrypted (make sure you do store a copy of your key). You might want to use the encrypted-only flag of sync jobs to make sure you only sync encrypted snapshots to the remote.

 

[rainer.lilischkis]

Thanks for pointing out the flag. This we will do.

best
Rainer