Am I backing up the Service Master Key correctly?

Question

I am trying to follow the System Center Orchestrator DR guide regarding backups and they emphasize capturing the Service Master Key as part of the requirements:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh852622.aspx
Using SQL Server Management Studio, I have connected to the Orchestrator instance, selected the Orchestrator db and run the indicated T-SQL example:
BACKUP SERVICE MASTER KEY TO FILE = 'c:\temp_backups\keys\service_master_key' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '3dH85Hhk003GHk2597gheij4';
However, when I examine the resultant file as a sanity check it is of course encrypted.
I'm really just curious if my methods are sound. I gather that there is a separate service master key for each instance, but does it matter which database is selected when I execute the query in SSMS? Is there anything else I may need to know? The documentation
is pretty basic:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190337(v=sql.110).aspx
Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Hello,
Adding to Prashanth post, you can perform the backup from the master database, if you want, as explained on the following resource.
http://www.bictt.com/blogs/bictt.php/2014/12/12/system-center-orchestrator-2012-license
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
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