Media Passwords; Deleting Media - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

To create a new media
1. Select the existing folder in which you want to store the new media.
2. Create the new media with one of these ways:
Select New Object... from the File menu and then select Media from the New Object dialog
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box, or
Right-click in the Data Protector Express object detail area and select New Media from the
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shortcut menu, or
Click New Object on the Command task pane and select Media from the New Object dialog
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box.
3. Type in the name of the new media in the Media name field of the Format Media dialog box.
4. If the device you want to use is not displayed in the Device field, click the Browse... button and
select the proper device from the Browse dialog box.
5. If you are using a library, select the library and the storage slot that holds the media you want to use.
6. If you want to assign a password to the media, click the Media Password button and then enter and
confirm the password in the Media Password dialog box.
7. Click Format. Data Protector Express formats the specified media.
Whenever you format media, you can assign that media a password. By default, there is no password.
Media passwords are only required on one occasion: when media is imported from one catalog to another
catalog. For example, you might import media from an earlier version of Data Protector Express to the
latest version of Data Protector Express. Or, alternatively, you might want to transfer data from one Data
Protector Express management domain to another Data Protector Express management domain. To
prevent unauthorized transferring of tapes between secure Data Protector Express management domains,
Data Protector Express lets you assign a password to any media you create. That password will be
required before that media can be imported into a new catalog.
Media passwords are the only security measure that prevents tapes from being imported into
another catalog. For sensitive data, be certain that every media is assigned a password.
Whether or not you assign media a password depends on your particular security needs. Media that has no
password can be easily imported into any catalog. If you do not assign the media a password, mere
possession of the tape or media is enough to compromise the security of your data.
Early versions of Data Protector Express automatically assigned PASSWORD as the default
media password. If you are having trouble importing media created with an early version of Data
Protector Express, try using PASSWORD when prompted for the media password.
When you delete media, Data Protector Express deletes information about that media from its catalog.
This includes any versions of files stored on that tape, which are also deleted from the catalog.
Note however that deleting media does not physically erase the media. The media remains unchanged;
only the catalog is changed. This means that you can still import that tape to another catalog or, if
necessary, back into the original catalog.