Speaking of encryption, I noticed a wonderful little readme on IBM's
software download site regarding TS1120 firmware levels and encryption
posted on July 18th.
ftp://service.software.ibm.com/storage/3592/
See the D3I1_D16.readme.pdf file
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Snippet from the PDF
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When using IBM System Storage TS1120 tape drives with Application
Managed
Encryption with the Tivoli Storage Manager server, data may not be
encrypted with a
unique, non-trivial key.
Who is affected
All IBM TS1120 drives with specific drive firmware levels noted below
utilizing Tivoli
Storage Manager servers with Application Managed Encryption (AME). TSM
is
configured for AME when DRIVEENCRYPTION=ON is set for a device class in
the
TSM server.
The TS1120 affected firmware levels and their release date are as
follows:
* D3I1_C13 - 08/15/2007
* D3I1_C15 - 09/04/2007
* D3I1_C91 - 11/13/2007
* D3I1_C93 - 12/05/2007
The TS1120 firmware level that resolves the problem is as follows:
* D3I1_D16 - 07/18/2008 (or later release)
Note on other Encryption options (Who is NOT affected)
TS1120 drive encryption users with any other method of encryption (e.g.,
System
managed encryption (zOS), Library managed encryption) are NOT affected
by this
problem. Therefore any TS1120 encryption user with an attached
Encryption Key
Manager (EKM) is NOT affected.
TS1120 drive encryption users who are not using TSM are NOT affected.
TS1120 drive encryption users using TSM but not using the specific
referenced drive
firmware levels are NOT affected.
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Cheers,
Neil Strand
Storage Engineer - Legg Mason
Baltimore, MD.
(410) 580-7491
Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic.
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Wanda Prather
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:23 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] LTO4 encryption in an I2000?
Anybody using TSM-managed encryption in an ADIC/QUANTUM i2000 with LTO4?
Does the i2000 even support it?
Does it work just the same as in an IBM library?
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