BackupEncryptionKey Method (WMI MSReportServer_ConfigurationSetting)

Backs up the encryption key for the specified report server instance. The encryption key is stored encrypted with a password.

Syntax

Public Sub BackupEncryptionKey(Password as String, _
    ByRef KeyFile() as Integer, ByRef Length as Int32, _
    ByRef HRESULT as Int32, ByRef ExtendedErrors() as String)
public void BackupEncryptionKey(string Password, out Byte[] KeyFile, 
    out Int32 Length, out Int32 HRESULT, out string[] ExtendedErrors);

Parameters

  • Password
    A string used to encrypt the encryption key before it is returned.

  • KeyFile[]
    [out] An array containing the encrypted encryption key.

  • Length
    [out] The length of the array returned by the method.

  • HRESULT
    [out] Value indicating whether the call succeeded or failed.

  • ExtendedErrors[]
    [out] A string array containing additional errors returned by the call.

Return Value

Returns an HRESULT indicating success or failure of the method call. A value of 0 indicates that the method call was successful. A non-zero value indicates that an error has occurred.

Requirements

**Namespace:**root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ReportServer\RS_<EncodedInstanceName>\v10\Admin

**Platform:**Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition; Windows Vista; Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Service Pack 1 (SP1); or Windows 2000 (all versions)