Re: Encrypted Tapes

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know for sure but how about disconnecting the Ethernet cable from
the Tape Lib. It needs to go access the TKLM ( or whatever the name is
these days ) to pull the keys(?) In theory the tape should be unreadable
without access to the keys.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Steve Pavlichek <spavlichek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Is there an easy way to tell if an LTO tape is encrypted?  A clients
> auditors what proof that tapes are being encrypted. I do not see anything
> in DSPTAP which would show that it is encrypted. Job logs will not show
> anything as they are using HW based encryption.
>
> OS is v7r1
> Tape drive is an LTO5 in a TS3100 library
> IBM SKLM being used as key server
> SAV commands (Not BRMS)
>
> Thanks
> Steve
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