Spectra T950 - Verify and Protect the Metadata Backup

Appendix A — Best Practices Back Up and Protect the Library Metadata
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 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 AkeyfilecontainingtheexportedBlueScaleencryptionkey.Thefileisnamed
name.bskorname.bss,wherenameisthemonikeryouassignedtothekey
whenyoucreatedit.YoucanchoosetosavetheexportedkeyfiletoaUSB
deviceoremailittoapreviouslyconfiguredmailrecipient.
UsetheBlueScaleExport Key
optiontoexportBlueScaleencryptionkeystoa
USBdeviceassoonasyoucreatethem.Theexportedkeysareencryptedand
passwordprotected.SeetheSpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUserGuide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 BlueScale 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 the copies of emailed encryption keys
may be located can make security audits more challenging.
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