Spectra T50e - Verify and Protect the Metadata Backup

Appendix A—Best Practices Back Up and Protect the Library Metadata
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Verify and Protect the Metadata Backup
Dothefollowingtoensurethatyourmetadataisprotectedandavailable
whenyouneedit:
1. Assoonasyoucreateandexport thebackupfiles,checktheexported
datatomakesurethecorrectfilesarepresentandaccessible.
 PlugtheUSBdeviceintoacomputerorlaptop.
 Ifyouemailedthemetadata(thedataissentasanattachment),save
thedatatoaUSBdevice,andthencheckthedataintheemail
attachmentandthedataontheUSBdevice.
Export Key Option
(BlueScale
Encryption)
AfilecontainingtheexportedBlueScaleencryptionkey.
 Ifthekeywasexportedasasinglefile,thekeyfilenameisname.bsk,where
nameisthemonikeryouassignedtothekeywhen youcreatedit.
 IfthekeywassplitintoM‐of‐Nshareswhenitwasexported,thefilenamefor
eachsharefileisname.bss.
UsetheBlueScaleExport KeyoptiontoexportBlueScaleencryptionkeysas
soonasyoucreatethem.YoucanselecttosavetheexportedkeyfiletoaUSB
deviceoremailittoapreviouslyconfiguredmailuser.Theexportedkeysare
encryptedandpasswordprotected.See
ExportingandProtectingEncryption
Keysonpage307forinstructions.
CAUTION: As a matter of best practice, Spectra Logic recommends exporting
BlueScale encryption keys to a USB device instead of using email.
Although emailing encryption keys is supported by the library, doing so
presents security issues, including the following:
 Copies of encryption keys may be left on the email servers used for sending
and receiving email and are thus subject to compromise.
 The difficulty in verifying where all of the copies of emailed encryption keys
may be located can make security audits more challenging.
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