Geoff, It is one thing to say that you need the TSM database in order to reconstruct a file (in its correct format) on the client system. It's another to say that the data can't be read at all. So yes, you could possibly read the tape outside of TSM and obtain readable bits of information, depending on the data. For example, a plain text file that is not compressed or encrypted couldn't be reconstructed in its original state by TSM (without an intact database), but a human reading the tape could make out the content of the file. So default TSM settings alone will not yield encrypted data on your storage volumes.
Besides the other things mentioned on this thread, Windows NTFS-encrypted files are stored in their encrypted state in TSM storage (note that there are restrictions, though, with restoring such files to a different machine with regard to accounts that can decrypt the file -- this is more of a Windows issue than TSM). 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/IBMTivoliStorageManager.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" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 01/12/2006 05:24:58 PM: > I know the topic of reading tapes written by TSM without having the DB has > come up before, but I'm wondering if anything has changed from a couple of > years ago with the implementation of 5.3 so here are a few questions. > > > > How hard is it to read tapes without the TSM database tape? > > > > Is there any tape encryption with TSM 5.3? > > > > Besides encrypting data from the client to the server is there anything else > that can be done? > > > > What type of hit does encryption take on the client/server when in use? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Geoff Gill > > TSM Administrator > > SAIC M/S-G1b > > (858)826-4062 > > Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
