With TSM 5.3, you can encrypt the API data as well. Nick Cassimatis email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 06/30/2006 08:20 AM ----- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 06/29/2006 11:39:55 PM: > Hi, > I have another question? I know TSM can protect data by encryption > algorithm for BA client. > What's about the TDP (for oracle,informix...)? Do we can encrypt them by the > same BA client algorithm. > > > Thanks you, > > Wira > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Andrew Raibeck > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Encryption Questions > > > 1) What type of encryption is used for Tivoli passwords stored in the > > Windows Registry? > > Currently DES-56 is used. > > > 2) If a password is set for the Tivoli Encryption on a node, can that > > password ever be changed or does the same password always have to be > > used for the life of the data backed up. For example, you backup and > > encrypt your files with password xxxxxx stored in the windows > > registry. Can you change that password at some point to yyyyyy and be > > able to restore that data > > Yes and no. Yes with the xxxxxx key, no with the yyyyyy key. > > > or is xxxxxx forever linked > > to that encrypted data? > > Correct. If you back up a file with encryption key xxxxxx, subsequently > change the key at a later date, then when you try to restore the file, you > will be prompted to enter the correct encryption key (xxxxxx). If you do not > know the correct key, then you will not be able to restore or retrieve the > data. THERE IS NO "BACK DOOR". So be careful about changing encryption keys, > as it is up to you to manage and track them. > > Regards, > > Andy > > Andy Raibeck > IBM Software Group > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew > Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageMan > ager.html > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > The command line is your friend. > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 06/21/2006 > 10:16:38 AM: > > > I have a couple of questions regarding encryption from TSM. > > > > 1) What type of encryption is used for Tivoli passwords stored in the > > Windows Registry? > > > > 2) If a password is set for the Tivoli Encryption on a node, can that > > password ever be changed or does the same password always have to be > > used for the life of the data backed up. For example, you backup and > > encrypt your files with password xxxxxx stored in the windows > > registry. Can you change that password at some point to yyyyyy and be > > able to restore that data or is xxxxxx forever linked to that > > encrypted data? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeremy Curtis > > Backup Administator > > Vail Resorts, Inc.
