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Operating Systems AIX Tape Encryption Post 303023671 by AixExplorer on Thursday 20th of September 2018 04:01:53 PM
Old 09-20-2018
Tape Encryption

Hi guys:
I've been trying to find information about how to encrypt a backup to tape (I'm using a couple of simple commands: tar, find | backup), I didn't find a real example of how to do that, just a couple of white papers and information about the methods that use the backup, policies, etc.

I don't know also if there's a free-cost solution and the solutions presented has the problem that I need an intermediate server (for example using TKM Tivoli Key Manager), so in a case of a real recovery I will need this server for restoration. I don't want a complex solution, since I only have one tape drive (and one backup), I just need to encrypt one tape and have a simple solution to restore it in another site (without the fear that if the tape is stolen, somebody could restore).

Does exists a solution like that? Any recommendations will be welcome.

Thanks!
 

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BACKUP_APROPOS(8)					       AFS Command Reference						 BACKUP_APROPOS(8)

NAME
       backup_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string

SYNOPSIS
       backup apropos -topic <help string> [-help]

       backup ap -t <help string> [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The backup apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any backup command that has in its name or short
       description the string specified by the -topic argument.

       To display the syntax for a command, use the backup help command.

OPTIONS
       -topic <help string>
	   Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only.  If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double
	   quotes (" ") or other delimiters.

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT
       The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
       backup command where the string specified with the -topic argument is part of the command name or first line.

EXAMPLES
       The following example lists all backup commands that include the word "tape" in their names or short descriptions:

	  % backup apropos tape
	  labeltape: label a tape
	  readlabel: read the label on tape
	  scantape: dump information recovery from tape
	  status: get tape coordinator status

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       None

SEE ALSO
       backup(8), backup_help(8)

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       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas
       Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							 BACKUP_APROPOS(8)
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