Backing Up The Spectra Library Metadata - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual

This chapter reviews best practices for operating the library and working
with media.
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To ensure the availability of your library and encrypted data, protect
library metadata by following the procedures described in this section.
Library metadata includes library configuration data, the media lifecycle
management database, and all encryption-key related data.
Metadata is very important in the case of disaster recovery and other
situations where you need to restore the library.
Losing metadata can have catastrophic effects—as can losing keys in any
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encryption key management system, especially when related to encrypted data. If
you lose all copies of all metadata:

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Working with Media on page 318
Operating in Gigabit Ethernet Environments on page 330
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Your encrypted data is lost—you will be unable to decrypt encrypted data
without the encryption keys.
You will need to completely reconfigure your library.
You will lose stored data about your media that will be time-consuming to
recover.
Appendix A
Best Practices
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