Lizette Koehler wrote: > When you run tape Encryption on a stacked tape do you encrypt all files that > are stacked on a tape or just one file on the stacked tape? > > For example, I have a batch backup job that places 35 dumped volumes on one > tape. I have looked at the doc and it seems I could place the encryption on > the first file only and the whole tape will be encrypted. > > Or does it not take any more time or resources to have encryption happen for > each volume on the stacked tape? > > I have been asked to place encrption on each file via Dataclas/ACS routines > on a stacked tape. I am just trying to get a handle of what the performance > trade offs are. > > Lizette > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > AFAIK, once a tape has been written in EEFMT2 format the entire tape is encrypted, In other words it isn't on a file by file basis.
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