Use this dialog box to reset the pass-phrase used to protect the client's private key. The pass-phrase protects encryption keys in the CommServe database and on media from unauthorized access.
Only one pass-phrase is allowed per client at any time. If you change the
pass-phrase, it affects both future and past data protection operations.
For example, if you ran a few encrypted data protection operations with pass-phrase set to “violet”, and then changed the pass-phrase to “purple”, you will need to enter “purple” when recovering that data. It works like this because pass-phrase is used to lock encryption keys rather than encrypt the data itself. When pass-phrase is modified, the keys are re-locked with the new pass-phrase.
Contrary to the regular recovery operations, in the case of Media Explorer you should always enter the pass-phrase that was active at the time when the data protection operation was run. This is because Media Explorer uses keys stored on the media. If someone changes the pass-phrase in the GUI after the data protection operation ran, it will have no effect on the keys stored on the storage media.
Old Pass-Phrase
Enter the old pass-phrase.
New Pass-Phrase
Enter the new case-sensitive pass-phrase.
Re-enter New Pass-Phrase
Re-enter the new pass-phrase for confirmation.