Hello,
I've implemented a Backup Exec 15 solution to back up our data (including NDMP, VMs, Domino). We are only doing backup to tape (LTO-5)
It works fine :)
Now my manager asks me if it is possible to encrypt the tapes that we export from the company. We have the following concept :
Friday -> Full Backup
Monday to Thursday -> Differential Backup
So basically I have 2 sub jobs, one for the full, one for the differential backup.
Each week we take the tapes of friday and wednesday to put them in a external safe.
Now what happens if someon steals the tapes ? Well he can easily read the data which is not acceptable :)
The idea is to implement the encryption. I've made some tests, using hardware encryption (T10 compatible drive) and we achieve the same rates than without encryption !
The question is : is it possible / supported to encrypt only the tapes we export. It means Friday and wednesday. For friday I would have to enable encryption for this sub-job, and for wednesday I would create another sub-job which is wednesday dedicated, where I would enable encryption too.
So finally Monday, tuesday and thursday : un-encrypted differential backups
Wednesday : encrypted differential backup
Friday : encrypted full backup
Thank you