Certs Backup extracts the MOVEit Automation client certificates from its Windows Certificate Store and saves them to two files so they can be saved/sent to a destination for backup purposes.

To restore the certificates in these files, use the built-in script Certs Restore.

To use Certs Backup, first configure a source-less task with a per-task process that runs this script. Then configure one or more destinations to save the files to their final locations.

For an example of a complete task and a recommendation on its use, see Central Service - Backup - Automated Configuration Replication.

Input Parameters

  • Certs_Password (Required) - The password that will encrypt the output PFX files.
  • Certs_Filename_Personal - The filename (no path) of the output PFX file containing the certificates (with private keys) from the My Certs/Personal store. Default value is "CertsPersonal.pfx". Date macros are allowed.
  • Certs_Filename_OtherPeople - The filename (no path) of the output PFX file containing the certificates (no private keys) from the Other Certs/Other People store. (Currently used only for SMIME recipients and some AS1/AS2/AS3 certificates.) Default value is "CertsOtherPeople.pfx". Date macros are allowed.

Notes

For diagnostic purposes only, the MOVEit Automation service can be run on the desktop in the foreground, under the user who is signed in on the PC. In this situation, if the signed-in user is different from the user who is configured to run the service, all certificates are inaccessible because certificates are stored by user. To run in the foreground and do certs backup, log in to the desktop with the same service user credentials.