Verify And Protect The Metadata Backup - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Appendix A — Best Practices
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Export Key Option

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
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A key file containing the exported BlueScale
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
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.
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.
Back Up and Protect the Library Metadata
encryption key. The file is named
encryption keys to a
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