Transfer data via USB disk

[dariusz.tyka]

Hello all,

I need to transfer few TB of data on USB drive using external company from one country to another. From Windows server 2012R2 and Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2022. And I want to protect data on it. I know I can use bitlocker or veracrypt to encrypt data on USB disks but due to different OSes and possible compability issues I have another idea. To install Veeam Agent on source machines - do a backup to this external USB drive and use backup encryption to encrypt backup files.
On target machine I can run Veeam.EndPoint.FLR.exe directly and point it to USB disk with encrypted backup files.
What do you think about this approach? Is it ok? I tested it for small backup sets and it worked without any issues?
Or is a better way to import backup (or backup set) to Veeam Agent for Windows and do a FLR on target machine?
All machines will run exactly the same Veeam AfW version of application.

[Nils]

That would definitely work, but for encrypted transport alone I'd use something more light-weight like 7-Zip with AES-256 encryption.