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  2. NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. Configuration options for NetBackup clients
  6. MSSQL_ODBC_ENCRYPT_CONNECTION for SQL Server clients
NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

MSSQL_ODBC_ENCRYPT_CONNECTION for SQL Server clients

The MSSQL_ODBC_ENCRYPT_CONNECTION option determines whether to encrypt the connection to a target SQL Server client using TLS. For NetBackup SQL Server clients that are updated to 10.4 or later, the SQL Server ODBC connections from the client to a target SQL Server instance are encrypted by default.

Table: MSSQL_ODBC_ENCRYPT_CONNECTION information

Usage

Description

Where to use

On NetBackup SQL Server clients.

How to use

Use the nbgetconfig and the nbsetconfig commands to view, add, or change the option.

For information about these commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

To disable data channel encryption, use the following format:

MSSQL_ODBC_ENCRYPT_CONNECTION = NO

Equivalent NetBackup web UI property

No equivalent exists in host properties.

A user with the necessary RBAC permissions can also use the hostProperties API endpoint to configure this setting. See the NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide for details.

More information

See MSSQL_ODBC_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE for SQL Server clients.

See MSSQL_ODBC_PREFERRED_DRIVER for SQL Server clients.

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