Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual page 213

4. Select either Export Single File to USB or Email Exported Key.
5. After you either insert the USB key or select an email recipient, select
6. Enter a password, which is used to encrypt the key itself.
7. Make a record of the encryption key password, which you will need to
Do not lose the encryption key password. Without it, you cannot reimport an
Important
encryption key after it is deleted from the library, and the data encrypted using the
key will be inaccessible.
8. Select Next.
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If you select Export Single File to USB, plug a USB key into the USB
port on the LCM before continuing.
If you select Email Exported Key, use the "Mail single key file to:"
drop-down list to select the recipient. The exported key file is sent as
an email attachment to the specified mail recipient.
Note: Do not use the default autosupport@spectralogic.com
email recipient. Spectra Logic does not save emailed
configuration files unless they are specifically requested
for troubleshooting.
To send the key to a recipient who is not already listed as mail
recipient, you must first configure the user as a mail recipient (see
Configuring Mail Users on page
Next.
import the key back into the library. Without the password, you cannot
import the key, and the data encrypted using the key will be
inaccessible.
If you exported the encryption key to a USB key – Immediately
confirm that the encrypted key copied correctly by selecting Check
Key Files. Use the steps in
provide a second confirmation.
If the confirmation indicates the key did not copy correctly, delete
all data from the USB key so that no trace of the failed key
attachment remains, then export the key again using a different USB
key, beginning with
If you exported the key using email – Confirm the receipt of the
attachment by contacting the user to whom you sent the encrypted
key file. Have them confirm that the email attachment contains a
key file as described in
185).
Verify Backups of Encryption Keys
Step 2 on page 212.
Verify Backups of Encryption
T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
Exporting and Protecting Keys
to
Keys.
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