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Re: [Veritas-bu] question on key manager for IBM lto-4 tape drives and Netbackup

2009-02-09 09:50:23
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] question on key manager for IBM lto-4 tape drives and Netbackup
From: Travis Kelley <rhatguy AT gmail DOT com>
To: Len Boyle <Len.Boyle AT sas DOT com>, "Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu" <Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:31:46 -0500
I should have said you must use media from a VOLUME POOlL whose name
begins with a prefix of ENCR_.

On 2/9/09, Travis Kelley <rhatguy AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> I've used the netbackup KMS and it does work fine, although its sort
> of a kluge right now in my opinion.  Currently you are limited to 2
> keychains and you must use media from a policy whose name begins with
> a prefix of ENCR_ (for instance ENCR_Offsite).  I've talked with our
> account rep and they state that they "anticipate" to raise the number
> of keys that can be managed in NB.7.  They also anticipate it to
> become a chargable item after the expansion but haven't worked out the
> details yet.
>
> It seems like functionality that still needs a good bit of work and
> will probably get it in the future but is now more of a POC.  On the
> plus side...its currently free and works fine in my experience, so its
> great to try out if you already have the LTO4 drives.
>
> On 2/8/09, Len Boyle <Len.Boyle AT sas DOT com> wrote:
>> Good Day,
>>
>> We have a few IBM LTO-4 tape drives for which,  we would like to start
>> using
>> the build in encryption support with Netbackup 6.5.3
>>
>>
>>
>> Early reading seems to indicate that there are at least two key managers
>> to
>> choose from.
>>
>> The first is IBM's EKM java key manager.
>>
>> The second is Netbackup's KMS, which came out as part  Netbackup 6.5.2 .
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with these two products that they can share.
>> Experiences  both good and bad.
>>
>> Thanks len
>>
>>
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