Your other option is to just encrypt the data yourself before it hits tape -
its what we do at my workplace if we need encrypted backups.

-Shane

On 7/6/06, Dave Carpe <david_carpe at symantec.com> wrote:
>
>   Data written to tape is not normally encrypted.
>
> There is a NetBackup Encryption Option that you can purchase on a per
> client basis that encrypted the data from the client all the way to the
> tape. The encryption strength can be set anywhere form 40 or 6 bit DES up to
> 256 bit AES (assuming you have NBU 5.1 or higher).
>
> Bear in mind that encryption will make the data essentially uncompressible
> so turn on software compression on the client of you want it and use the
> uncompressed tapes drives. Since encryption (and compression) will take
> place on the client, it will impact backup speed and varies by how high the
> encryption is set.
>
> The other option is look for hardware compression between the Media server
> and the tape drives.
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>
> *From:* veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:
> veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] *On Behalf Of *Wooten, FH Frank
> @ IS
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:23 AM
> *To:* veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] encryption
>
>
>
> Guys,
>
>     When a backup is written to tape, is there any type of encrypting that
> occurs and if not is there something within Netbackup you can turn on to
> make the data encrypted.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> Frank Wooten
>
> E-mail Server Group
>
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>
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>
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