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SYMAJB
Level 5
14 years ago

LTO Encryption - ENCRYPTION UNAVAILABLE FOR ENCR POOL

I have an NBU 701 environment with AIX Master server, AIX media servers and Windows media servers.  All Master and Media's are SAN attached to an IBM tape library, containing 4 x IBM.ULT3580-TD5 (LTO...
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  • J_H_Is_gone's avatar
    J_H_Is_gone
    14 years ago

    If I get this correct you are using just KMS which does not require a license - this allows hardware encryption.  (if doing media server encryption this does not apply)

    The thing is you must have a tape drive that can do hardware encryption like LTO4

    and If it is in a library you most likely have to go to the library and tell it you want to use hardware encryption.

    In the library I use it was buried in a place I did not think to look and was not in the manual for the library - I had to call support for the library and ask how to turn on hardware encryption. 

    And it was just a matter of saying - yes the tape drives can do hardware encryption - once that is done it should work for you.

J_H_Is_gone's avatar
J_H_Is_gone
Level 6
14 years ago

If I get this correct you are using just KMS which does not require a license - this allows hardware encryption.  (if doing media server encryption this does not apply)

The thing is you must have a tape drive that can do hardware encryption like LTO4

and If it is in a library you most likely have to go to the library and tell it you want to use hardware encryption.

In the library I use it was buried in a place I did not think to look and was not in the manual for the library - I had to call support for the library and ask how to turn on hardware encryption. 

And it was just a matter of saying - yes the tape drives can do hardware encryption - once that is done it should work for you.