How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

David Overton — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:09:55 GMT

Hi,

You can use a guid to identify the drive instead - from the docs:

Parameter List:

Volume Required. A drive letter followed by a colon,

a volume GUID path or a mounted volume. Example: "C:",

\\?\Volume{26a21bda-a627-11d7-9931-806e6f6e6963}\ or

"C:\MountVolume"

To get the volume GUID, use this command in powershell:

Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Volume | select-object label, name, deviceID, capacity, freespace | format-list

Thanks

David

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

tm — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:58:08 GMT

i have tried this method which seems to work with a drive letter, however in sbs2011 when you create a backup to disk it removes the drive letter. does anyone have any input on how to make this function with no drive letter?

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

bremboy79 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:14:20 GMT

thanks for this, altho only thing is bitlocker is under features, not roles

SBS 2011 Encrypted Backups to USB

Focused IT Blog — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:26:43 GMT

SBS 2011 Encrypted Backups to USB

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

Patrick — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:58:16 GMT

David,

Enlighting piece of experience shared there.

Have you ever came to the point of trying a bare metal restore from encrypted disks?

I really wonder how that went.

Thanks,

Patrick

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:31:25 GMT

Awesome write up. I spent all afternoon trying to figure this out. Your site held the key. Long Story Short: After you enable BitLocker, you have to run manage-bde.wsf to create the encrypted partitions.

Thanks a ton.

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

Marc Klaassen — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:27:01 GMT

Can the recovery console access a BitLocker encrypted partition?

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

David Overton — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:38:44 GMT

Jay,

I've never tried to find out - bad me. I'll see what I can do over the next week to experiment.

ttfn

David

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

Jay Barr — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:19:49 GMT

Any information available on restoration procedures? If only the backups are encrypted so offsite copies are protected, what is the procedure to access the backup in the event of a total system failure requiring a full restore? Can the recovery console access a BitLocker encrypted partition?

Thanks for a great writeup on the backup options.

re: How to encrypt backups and optionally the system disks on Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 and Windows Vista too

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