Re: Tape Backup encryption

Gad;

I think BRMS is your only option then. The tapes are encrypted as the are written on the host so the host has to do the de-encryption. That key is stored in QUSBRM although you have to back it up separately. If you know the pass phrase etc. you'll be able to use the BRMS encrypted tapes in a DR scenario.

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Nov 10, 2018, at 8:56 AM, Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Rob, John, Denis, Jim and apologies for the late response

To my simple mind the hardware encryption + SKLM has a major drawback
when it comes to a restore after a DR event.

How for instance do you restore a system from a Save 21 tape when an SKLM
server
is not available?

I would prefer a "IBM i stand alone" solution. i.e no other server, device,
network, domain controller etc. is needed for a restore (or save)

Can BRMS do it ?
seems an over kill solution since our entire save is one LTO6 tape
cartridge .
We've lately upgraded our tape device to LTO7 just to make sure that all
fits on one cartridge
(make life much simpler when restoring) .
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