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TCG Opal support: add documentation to rear(8) manual page
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OliverO2 committed Dec 6, 2017
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*restoreonly*::
only restore the backup; can be used only when running from the rescue media

*mkopalpba*::
create a pre-boot authentication (PBA) image to boot from TCG Opal 2-compliant self-encrypting disks

*opaladmin*::
administrate TCG Opal 2-compliant self-encrypting disks

*validate*::
submit validation information

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at least +BACKUP_URL=usb+ requires USB_SUFFIX to be set
to work with incremental or differential backup.

== SUPPORT FOR SELF-ENCRYPTING DISKS

Relax-and-Recover supports self-encrypting disks (SEDs) compliant with the TCG
Opal 2 specification if the `sedutil-cli` executable is installed.

Currently, Relax-and-Recover does not automatically recreate Opal 2 disk
encryption, but offers support for

* setting up self-encrypting disks (SEDs), including assigning a disk password,
* booting from SEDs with a pre-boot authentication (PBA) system to unlock disks.

To prepare booting from an SED, configure the `OPAL_PBA_OUTPUT_URL`
configuration variable and run +rear mkopalpba+, then create the rescue system.

To set up an SED, boot the Relax-and-Recover rescue system and run`rear
opaladmin setupERASE DEVICE` (_DEVICE_ being the disk device path like
`/dev/sda`).

For complete information, consult the section "Support for TCG Opal 2-compliant
Self-Encrypting Disks" Relax-and-Recover
in the user guide.

== CONFIGURATION
To configure Relax-and-Recover you have to edit the configuration files in
_/etc/rear/_. All _*.conf_ files there are part of the configuration, but
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