Decrypting the Project Backup

Scenario
You have a project backup which is compressed in zip format, encrypted with the password stored at a known path on Server or Client\FEP. You want to decrypt the project backup using SMC. Encrypted project backup zip files can also be manually (outside SMC) decrypted using any decompression tool such as 7-Zip, WinZip etc.

  • SMC is launched.
  1. In the SMC tree, select Projects.
  1. Click Decrypt project backup .
  1. In the Decrypt Project Backup expander that displays, do the following:
    a. Click Browse to select the compressed and encrypted project backup from the path where you stored it. You can also paste the encrypted project backup path in the Source file path field.
    b. Click Browse to select the destination folder path for storing the project backup folder.
    In the Source file path field you can paste the path where you want to decrypt the encrypted project backup zip file.
    NOTE: If you do not have Write permission on the selected destination folder or if there is no sufficient disk space on the selected drive, or if the backup destination folder path is invalid then an error message displays and the project backup is not decrypted at the selected destination folder.
    For more information see, the SMC.log file located at the path
    [installation drive:]/[installation folder]\GMSMainProject\log.
    c. Enter the password that you entered during encryption.
  1. Click Save .