Establishing a trust between the Backup Exec server and a remote computer

When you connect to a remote computer from the Backup Exec server, you must establish a trust between the Backup Exec server and the remote computer to ensure secure communication. You must also establish this trust if you want to configure a remote computer to perform client-side deduplication. You should manually verify the identity of the remote computer to ensure that the remote computer is a trusted source before you establish the trust. After you verify that the remote computer is a trusted resource, you can establish the trust with the Backup Exec server.

Backup Exec issues a security certificate for both the Backup Exec server and the remote computer. The security certificate is valid for approximately one year and is automatically renewed during normal operations. However, if the certificate expires you must re-establish the trust.

You can establish a trust between the Backup Exec server and the remote computer by adding the remote computer to the list of servers on the Backup and Restore tab.

To establish a trust for a remote computer