User's Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library
Configuring Quantum Encryption Key Manager (Q-EKM)
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3 Select an encryption method from the drop-down menu for each
partition. (For tape drives that support encryption, the default is
Allow Application Managed.) The Encryption Method applies to all
encryption-capable tape drives and media in that partition.
4 Click
Apply.
5 Save the library configuration (see Saving the Library Configuration
on page 329).
Encryption
Method Description
Enable Library
Managed
For use with Q-EKM. Enables encryption
support via a connected Q-EKM server for all
encryption-capable tape drives and media
assigned to the partition.
Allow
Application
Managed
Not for use with Q-EKM. Allows an external
backup application to provide encryption
support to all encryption-capable tape drives
and media within the partition. The library
will NOT communicate with the Q-EKM
server on this partition.
This is the default setting if you have
encryption-capable tape drives in the
partition. This option should remain selected
unless you are connecting the library to an
external Q-EKM server.
Note: If you want an external application to
manage encryption, you must specifically
configure the application to do so. The library
will not participate in performing this type of
encryption.
Unsupported Means that no tape drives in the partition
support encryption.
If
Unsupported is shown, it will be greyed out
and you will not be able to change the setting.