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Enabling encryption – HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual

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and Computer Associates all provide suitable products. Further details about these and other products

that may be appropriate can be found on our connectivity web site.

1.

Go to our connectivity web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/connect

and select tape backup.

2.

Select software compatibility.

3.

Select your combination of operating system and tape drive model in the table. A list of supported

backup applications is displayed. This will also tell you whether your configuration is compatible

with HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, HP OBDR. (All HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives

support HP OBDR. However, you can only use this feature if your system configuration and backup

application also support it. See

Compatibility

” on page 53.)

4.

Make sure you have a backup application that supports HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives and

download any upgrades or patches, if required.

Enabling encryption

Your HP Ultrium 1760 tape drive includes hardware capable of performing data encryption while writing

and data decryption while reading, both at full speed. This is only possible with Ultrium 1.6 TB media.

See also

Ultrium 1760 tape drives and encryption

” on page 48.

If you wish to make use of the encryption capability, you must enable this feature via the backup software

application. Refer to

http://www.hp.com/go/connect

to find out which applications support this

advanced data protection capability.

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