Thanks for the warning on degaussing Timothy! I appreciate it! We chose not to use encryption, why I'm not sure. If there's a next time, that'll happen!
*George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Security* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-332* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District* On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 8:51 PM Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote: > Kees Vernooij wrote: > >Some VTL's (a.o. TS77xx) have a backend tapelibrary > >with physical tapes. They need to be erased too. > >When we dismissed our STK tapelibrary, we hired a > >degausser to erase the data on the tapes. > > FYI, modern tape media, including all IBM 3592 series, have prerecorded > servo tracks. Degaussing such tape media will not only erase the data but > will also render the tapes unable to store any future data. > > Tape cartridges are designed for mobility, and in my view (I'm not alone) > they are the highest priority for implementation of storage-level > encryption. All IBM 3592 family tape drives beginning with the IBM TS1120 > support tape device-level encryption. You just have to configure it and > follow the implementation steps to use it. Then, when it comes time to > dispose media, you either destroy or retain the keys, and you're done -- > and the tape media can be sold or donated, and reused. > > If you haven't encrypted your tapes and need to protect data then please > consider overwriting the tapes so that they can be sold or donated. There > is often some value in the tape media. Degaussing, however, means the tape > cartridges are trashed, hopefully recycled for their materials in an > environmentally responsible way. > > Hard drives are much the same and have been for many years. Degaussing > utterly destroys them. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, > Multi-Geography > E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
