Search <book_title>...

NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Cloud Install and Upgrade Guide

Last Published: 2025-03-18

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (11.0)

Volume encryption for Azure

You can encrypt disks in Azure using the following methods:

Default encryption, using Platform Managed Key (PMK)
Customer Managed Key (CMK) using Azure Key vault
Double Encryption at rest

For more information on Azure encryption, refer to 'Data encryption models' section of Microsoft Azure documentation.

Table: Encryption for creating snapshots

Disk encryption	Snapshot encryption
Platform Managed Key (PMK)	Same PMK is used as the source disk.
Customer Managed Key (CMK)	Same CMK is used as the source disk.
Double Encryption (PMK_CMK)	Same CMK is used as the source disk.

Table: Encryption for restoring snapshots

Snapshot encryption	Restored disk encryption
PMK	Same PMK is used as the snapshot.
CMK	Same CMK is used as the snapshot.
PMK_CMK	Same CMK is used as the snapshot.

Table: Encryption for restoring from backup

Snapshot encryption	Restored disk encryption
PMK	Same PMK is used as the source disk.
CMK	Same CMK is used as the source disk.
PMK_CMK	Same CMK is used as the source disk, else PMK is used.

Table: Encryption during VM restore from snapshot or backup

Snapshot encryption	Restored disk encryption
PMK	Encryption on disk can be PMK/CMK as per user selection during restore.
CMK	Encryption on disk can be PMK/CMK as per user selection during restore.
PMK_CMK	Encryption on disk can be PMK/CMK/PMK_CMK as per user selection during restore.

Assigning permissions to key vault used for encryption

To enable restore from snapshot or backups of VM with CMK encrypted disks, assign the following permissions to the key vault used for encryption:

Create new access policy in the desired Key Vault.
For more information on Key Vault access policy, refer to 'Assign a Key Vault access policy' section of Microsoft Azure documentation.
Add the following permissions under Permissions tab from the respective sections under Key Permissions:
Section
Permission
Key Management Operations
Get
Cryptographic Operations
Wrap Key
Unwrap Key
In the Principal tab, select Object ID of service principal used in provider configuration.
Review and create access policy.
Follow Step 1 to Step 4 to assign same permissions for the ObjectID of service principal of Disk Encryption Set.

Section	Permission
Key Management Operations	Get
Cryptographic Operations	Wrap Key Unwrap Key

Key vault: Azure role-based access control permission

When key vault is created with Azure role-based access control permission model:

Add a role with Key Vault Reader permission and assign application service principal to it.
Similarly add Key Vault Secrets Officer permission and assign application service principal to it.
For more information refer to 'Provide access to Key Vault keys, certificates, and secrets with an Azure role-based access control' section of Microsoft Azure documentation.

System managed identity: Enabled

If system managed identity is enabled on NetBackup Snapshot Manager, assign the following roles to the managed identity:

Role	Managed identity
Key Vault Reader	Virtual machine scale set
Key Vault Secrets officer	Virtual machine scale set
Key Vault Crypto Service Encryption User	App (Disk Encryption Set)

User managed identity: Enabled

If user managed identity is enabled on NetBackup Snapshot Manager, then assign the Key Vault Crypto Service Encryption User role to the user managed identity in the key vault.