Thank you everyone for your response to this. I am now writing up a plan
for moving to encryption. :)



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Andrew Raibeck
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:17 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Data protection

The requirement for a TSM database to restore the files is not in and of
itself a "security" feature. There was some discussion on this subject a
while back. Check the archives for criterion:

   "Reading client data from a storage pool tape"

Here is a specific link that includes a good portion of the discussion:

http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0502/323/3.html

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew
Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-06-21
07:06:46:

> With the latest problems that have come out with backup tapes being 
> stolen my CIO is concerned with TSM's security.
> Does anyone know where I could print off something to show him on the 
> security of TSM, meaning if you don't have the database you can't get 
> to the data, etc.
> Also is anyone using encryption?
> Does encryption slow your backup down? Is there a large impact with 
> using encryption?
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