StorageTek LTO5 Tape Drive - Encryption question

Hello All,
Just want to get some information on StorageTek LTO5 Tape Drive. my company bought them a while ago.
We want to start encryption on these LTO 5 backup tapes.
Just wondering if you guys have any information about....
do we need extra equipments, licences to do encryption ?
How to install or any usefull information ?
I am thinking to talk to oracle sales but before that I need some information on this. if you guys help me in this.
Regards.

Hi.
You should deploy "Oracle Key Manager". Every drive required additiona Oracle Key Managerl licene for turn on this feature.
Docs:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26076_02/index.html
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21419_03/index.html
Regards.

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STEP 1)
ob> mkdev -t library -o -S 2 -a test:/d01/secure/vlib -v vlib
ob> insertvol -L vlib -c 512 unlabeled 1-2
ob> lsvol -L vlib
Inventory of library vlib:
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in 2: unlabeled, barcode feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637
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* in 1: unlabeled, barcode fec96134fdea10285e7000c2944f637
* in 2: unlabeled, barcode feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637
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ob> mkdev -t tape -o -a test:/d01/secure/vt3 -v -l vlib -d 3 vt3
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oracle/6:
Type: database orcl (dbid=1233653080)
Scheduled time: none
State: processed; Oracle job(s) scheduled
Priority: 100
Run on host: (administrative server)
Attempts: 0
oracle/6.1:
Type: datafile backup
Backup piece: 13l69bcu_1_1
Family: RMAN-DEFAULT
Encryption: awaiting job completion
Scheduled time: none
State: running since 2010/02/17.22:58
Priority: 100
Run on host: test
Attempts: 1
[oracle@test ~]$ rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Feb 17 21:58:07 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1233653080)
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2> {
3> allocate channel ch1 device type sbt;
4> backup database tag=fULLBACKUP1;
5> release channel ch1;
6> }
allocated channel: ch1
channel ch1: sid=134 devtype=SBT_TAPE
channel ch1: Oracle Secure Backup
Starting backup at 17-FEB-10
channel ch1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ch1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00001 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf
input datafile fno=00003 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf
input datafile fno=00002 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/undotbs01.dbf
input datafile fno=00005 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf
input datafile fno=00004 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/users01.dbf
channel ch1: starting piece 1 at 17-FEB-10
channel ch1: finished piece 1 at 17-FEB-10
piece handle=13l69bcu_1_1 tag=FULLBACKUP1 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 10.3.0.1
channel ch1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:09:22
channel ch1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ch1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
including current control file in backupset
including current SPFILE in backupset
channel ch1: starting piece 1 at 17-FEB-10
channel ch1: finished piece 1 at 17-FEB-10
piece handle=14l69buk_1_1 tag=FULLBACKUP1 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 10.3.0.1
channel ch1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:57
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released channel: ch1
ob> catxcr oracle/6
Error: unable to open transcript for oracle/6 - No such file or directory
oracle/6.1: 2010/02/17.22:58:52 ______________________________________________________________________
oracle/6.1: 2010/02/17.22:58:52
oracle/6.1: 2010/02/17.22:58:52 Transcript for job oracle/6.1 running on test
oracle/6.1: 2010/02/17.22:58:52
oracle/6.1: Volume label:
oracle/6.1: Volume tag: fec96134fdea10285e7000c2944f637
oracle/6.1: Volume UUID: 25fb9f22-fdf2-102c-a243-000c2944f637
oracle/6.1: Volume ID: RMAN-DEFAULT-000006
oracle/6.1: Volume sequence: 1
oracle/6.1: Volume set owner: root
oracle/6.1: Volume set created: Wed Feb 17 22:58:58 2010
oracle/6.1: Media family: RMAN-DEFAULT
oracle/6.1: Volume set expires: never; content manages reuse
oracle/6.1: Original UUID: 25fb9f22-fdf2-102c-a243-000c2944f637
oracle/6.1:
oracle/6.1: Archive label:
oracle/6.1: File number: 1
oracle/6.1: File section: 1
oracle/6.1: Owner: root
oracle/6.1: Client host: test
oracle/6.1: Backup level: 0
oracle/6.1: S/w compression: no
oracle/6.1: Archive created: Wed Feb 17 22:58:58 2010
oracle/6.1: Backup piece name: 13l69bcu_1_1
oracle/6.1: Backup db name: orcl
oracle/6.1: Backup db id: 1233653080
oracle/6.1: Backup copy number: not applicable
oracle/6.1: Backup content: full
oracle/6.1:
oracle/6.1:
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oracle/6.1: The Volume ID of the next tape to be written is RMAN-DEFAULT-000007.
oracle/6.1: The tape has been unloaded.
oracle/6.1:
oracle/6.1: Volume label:
oracle/6.1: Volume tag: feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637
oracle/6.1: Volume UUID: 27fb5faa-fdf3-102c-a243-000c2944f637
oracle/6.1: Volume ID: RMAN-DEFAULT-000007
oracle/6.1: Volume set ID: RMAN-DEFAULT-000006
oracle/6.1: Previous volume: RMAN-DEFAULT-000006
oracle/6.1: Volume sequence: 2
oracle/6.1: Volume set owner: root
oracle/6.1: Volume set created: Wed Feb 17 22:58:58 2010
oracle/6.1: Media family: RMAN-DEFAULT
oracle/6.1: Volume set expires: never; content manages reuse
oracle/6.1: Original UUID: 27fb5faa-fdf3-102c-a243-000c2944f637
oracle/6.1:
oracle/6.1: Archive label:
oracle/6.1: File number: 1
oracle/6.1: File section: 2
oracle/6.1: Owner: root
oracle/6.1: Client host: test
oracle/6.1: Backup level: 0
oracle/6.1: S/w compression: no
oracle/6.1: Archive created: Wed Feb 17 22:58:58 2010
oracle/6.1: Backup piece name: 13l69bcu_1_1
oracle/6.1: Backup db name: orcl
oracle/6.1: Backup db id: 1233653080
oracle/6.1: Backup copy number: not applicable
oracle/6.1: Backup content: full
oracle/6.1:
oracle/6.1:
oracle/6.1: Backup statistics:
oracle/6.1: status 0
oracle/6.1: devices vt1
oracle/6.1: devices 1
oracle/6.1: volumes RMAN-DEFAULT-000006 RMAN-DEFAULT-000007
oracle/6.1: voltags fec96134fdea10285e7000c2944f637 feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637
oracle/6.1: file 1
oracle/6.1: host test
oracle/6.1: encryption on aes192
oracle/6.1: start_time Wed Feb 17 2010 at 22:58:58 (1266429538)
oracle/6.1: end_time Wed Feb 17 2010 at 23:07:31 (1266430051)
oracle/6.1: backup_time Wed Feb 17 2010 at 22:58:58 (1266429538)
oracle/6.1: dev_kbytes 668298
oracle/6.1: dev_iosecs 513
oracle/6.1: dev_iorate 1.3 MB/S
oracle/6.1: wrt_iosecs 508
oracle/6.1: wrt_iorate 1.3 MB/S
oracle/6.1: physical_blks_written 1336576
oracle/6.1: write_errors 0
oracle/6.1: physical_blks_read 0
oracle/6.1: read_errors 0
oracle/6.1: error_rate 0%
ob> lsvol -L vlib
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in 1: volume RMAN-DEFAULT-000006, barcode fec96134fdea10285e7000c2944f637, full, content manages reuse
in 2: volume RMAN-DEFAULT-000007, barcode feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637, 368736 kb remaining, content manages reuse
STEP 3)
Then i took again full database backup just to verify that other tape drives will be use or not.....
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2> {
3> allocate channel ch1 device type sbt;
4> backup database tag=FULLBACKUP2;
5> release channel ch1;
6> }
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channel ch1: Oracle Secure Backup
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channel ch1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00001 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf
input datafile fno=00003 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf
input datafile fno=00002 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/undotbs01.dbf
input datafile fno=00005 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf
input datafile fno=00004 name=/d01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/orcl/users01.dbf
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ob> catxcr oracle/8
Error: unable to open transcript for oracle/8 - No such file or directory
oracle/8.1: 2010/02/17.23:19:45 ______________________________________________________________________
oracle/8.1: 2010/02/17.23:19:45
oracle/8.1: 2010/02/17.23:19:45 Transcript for job oracle/8.1 running on test
oracle/8.1: 2010/02/17.23:19:45
oracle/8.1: Volume label:
oracle/8.1: Volume tag: feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637
oracle/8.1: Volume UUID: 27fb5faa-fdf3-102c-a243-000c2944f637
oracle/8.1: Volume ID: RMAN-DEFAULT-000007
oracle/8.1: Volume set ID: RMAN-DEFAULT-000006
oracle/8.1: Previous volume: RMAN-DEFAULT-000006
oracle/8.1: Volume sequence: 2
oracle/8.1: Volume set owner: root
oracle/8.1: Volume set created: Wed Feb 17 22:58:58 2010
oracle/8.1: Media family: RMAN-DEFAULT
oracle/8.1: Volume set expires: never; content manages reuse
oracle/8.1: Original UUID: 27fb5faa-fdf3-102c-a243-000c2944f637
oracle/8.1:
oracle/8.1: Archive label:
oracle/8.1: File number: 3
oracle/8.1: File section: 1
oracle/8.1: Owner: root
oracle/8.1: Client host: test
oracle/8.1: Backup level: 0
oracle/8.1: S/w compression: no
oracle/8.1: Archive created: Wed Feb 17 23:19:51 2010
oracle/8.1: Backup piece name: 15l69ckd_1_1
oracle/8.1: Backup db name: orcl
oracle/8.1: Backup db id: 1233653080
oracle/8.1: Backup copy number: not applicable
oracle/8.1: Backup content: full
oracle/8.1:
oracle/8.1:
oracle/8.1: End of tape has been reached. Please wait while I rewind and unload the tape.
oracle/8.1: The Volume ID of the next tape to be written is RMAN-DEFAULT-000008.
oracle/8.1: The tape has been unloaded.
oracle/8.1:
oracle/8.1: Error: couldn't perform auto-swap - can't find usable volume in library (OB device mgr)
oracle/8.1:    Enter a command from the following list:
oracle/8.1:        load <n>     .. load the tape from element <n> into the drive
oracle/8.1:        unload <n>   .. unload the tape from the drive into element <n>
oracle/8.1:        help         .. display other commands to modify drive's database
oracle/8.1:        go           .. to use the tape you selected
oracle/8.1:        quit         .. to give up and abort this backup or restore
oracle/8.1: :
ob> lsvol -L vlib
Inventory of library vlib:
in 1: volume RMAN-DEFAULT-000006, barcode fec96134fdea10285e7000c2944f637, full, content manages reuse
in 2: volume RMAN-DEFAULT-000007, barcode feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637, full, content manages reuse
INVENTORY:
Inventory of library vlib:
in mte: vacant
in 1: volume RMAN-DEFAULT-000006, barcode fec96134fdea10285e7000c2944f637, oid 134, full, content manages reuse
in 2: volume RMAN-DEFAULT-000007, barcode feef494efdea10285e7000c2944f637, oid 136, full, content manages reuse
in dte1: vacant
in dte2: vacant
in dte3: vacant
PROBLEM:
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Edited by: Muhammad.Usman on Feb 17, 2010 11:48 AM

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Hi,
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Buffer Size             : 192 KB
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Thanks for your prompt reply Jeka-Nn. But I have several further questions before going too far with the suggestions as I am not familiar with software modifications.
1. What am I actually trying to do overall by downloading and using the suggested application.? Can you give me some overall picture of what I am trying to do?
2. Does this fix the problem without me having to make choices--is it self sufficient/self-installing?
3. Will it return the system to its correct operational settings before I downloaded the Bios upgrade?
4. I have downloaded the application suggested, but when I try to open the file it sends up a message that reads:
Error; this installer does not contain any compressed files. To create a self extracting installation package (with embedded files) run:
"TrueCrypt Setup.exe" /p
When I press OK, it simply reverts to the downloaded list which has the TrueCrypt v7.0 included, but nothing else happens.
What do I need to do to fully install the application?
5. Are there any other steps /inclusions that I need to make to fully correct my 'stupidity'?
Sorry about all these questions but you can see I am a raw beginner at this work.
With thanks, rons

Tape drive selection for SAP r/3 Landscape

Dear frinds,
We are presently in the process of selection of Tape drive for our sap r/3 landscape. I.e, in the process of sap sizing.
My backup requirements are upto 1 TB. We have development QA and PRD servers in our landscape. We are planning for SAN based storage solution.
What I would like to know are as follows...
1. We are planning for SAN Based Tepe library.
With SAN Based tape library is it manditory to use Backup manager to initiate backup and restore operations.
My question is b'cos i need to upgrade skillset
Is it possible to mount the Single SAN Based Tape drive on my Development, QA and PRD as if they appear as local drives (file system )on the servers. If this is not possible i need to know about the tape drive which can be mounted as local tape drive.
I want only one tape drive in my landscap and I must be able to use sap r/3 tools to backup and restore.
Keeping presice my expectation what i want to know is : I want to conduct backup and restore operations in my SAP r/3 landscape with single tape drive and using SAP BRtools only( i.e. using DB13/ BRtools from command mode ).
It would be great suggested and participated in discussion.
Thanks and Regards,
Sree Ramam SNV

Hi Nirav,
the maintenace cost will be the same as before.
the maintanance cost include the possibility
that if you pay the maintenace fee regularly you can always get the
newest software releadse and the support packages and kernel for it.
please also look at this link.
http://service.sap.com/maintenance
Kind regards
Imre Takácsi-Nagy
Senior Support Consultant II.
SAP Global Support Center Austria
Netweaver WEB Application Server ABAP / JAVA

How to get rid of drive encryption?

Hello,
I don't know if this is the right place to post this. If not, please redirect to me the appropiate place. I have a HP Elitebook Folio 9470m with Windows 7 Pro x64. Previous user configured Drive Encryption through HP Protect Tools. Everytime the laptop is turned on it asks for password before booting up into anything. I know the password but I want to get rid of this. I tried reformatting the C drive partition and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 but I still get the login screen for booting up. How can I get rid of this? Is this configured on the BIOS? If I reformat the whole hard drive, including the Master Boot Record, will that get rid of the drive encryption?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Hi:
You may also want to post your question on the HP Business Support Forum -- Elitebook notebooks section.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-HP-ProBook-EliteBook/bd-p/bsc-274#.U39_p_1OXGg
I suggest you read the protect tools manual for your model at the link below and see if there is anything there for how to remove the drive encryption. I am pretty sure you will have to remove it thru that program.
http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.BINARYPORTLET/public/kb/docDisplay/resource.proc...

HP StoreEver LTO-2 Ultrium 448 SCSI Internal Tape Drive

I work for a small christain school and we moving into the modern age at the pace we can afford. I have built a small print and file server for our school. I had donated a pair of nice LTO-2 Ultrium 448 SCSI Internal Tape Drives. I installed one and got drives to auto load. But am in need of a recomendation for the best backup software. I am running windows 2008 R2 standard. 16gb of ram and 2.5 tb of storage space. Wanting to do tape backups of some important school files.
Help please
It looks like there are a dozen options but not sure where to go for this machine.

Hi:
You may also want to post your question on the HP Business Support Forum -- Tape Backup (Small and Medium Business) section.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Tape-Backup-Small-and-Medium/bd-p/bsc-424#.VQ8kiTgtHGg

Tape drive reconfigure

Hi all,
i am presently running a server that has no video card. No problem to access it because a use rlogin to manage and maintain the server.
Now i need to reconfigure the server to "see" the new tape drive i installed.
One way to reconfigure the server is to use the OK prompt with the STOP-A keys. But that works only locally, not on the remote host.
Is there a way to reconfigure the server by remote access?
Thank you

Thanks for the info. According to the following manual (caution it's a pdf), on pdf pages 31 & 32 of 149 ( manual pages 1-19 & 1-20) it is not hooked up exactly as specified but this shouldn't be a problem.
They have the terminator on the AutoLoader. You have it on the drive.
http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/handbook_pub/Systems/L9/documents/L9_svc.pdf
The question I have is where is it connected to the E250? Did you have an HBA (Host Bus Adapter or SCSI controller) installed to support this L9. Depending on the drive installed in the L9, (DLT8000 vs DLT1) You would need the proper controller installed in one of the PCI slots in the E250. See:
http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/handbook_pub/Systems/L9/components.html
Also, if this is a DLT8000 drive in the L9 then you may want to load the latest st.conf patch to enable DLT8000 support in the /kernel/drv/st.conf file. Just search for st.conf in Free Patch Descriptions in SunSolve. Use the appropriate patch based on the Solaris version you have installed.

Tape drive HPultrium LTO-4 and SNMP

Hi,
I need to know if the LTO4 tape drive is supporting SNMP when used with a Windows system.
If this is the case can you please provide me with the description of the corresponding MIB.
Thanks
Peter
Edited by: ZV_otto on Jun 5, 2009 4:37 AM

Hello Peter,
I need to know if the (.. HPultrium ..) LTO4 tape drive is supporting SNMP when used with a Windows system.
Is this a Sun StorageTek library ? If yes, did you review the User's Guide ?
Michael

Support for 4mm tape drives?

I know this probably isn't the best forum for this, but I didn't see any forums for deal with periphrials at all...
At work, we occasionally get some 4mm DDS-3 tapes that we have to read (pretty simple, just use Unix's "dd" command), and the Sun computer we've been using, we're getting ready to retire (for other reasons). HP makes 4mm tape drives (still makes DDS-3's but also DDS-4's and DAT72's), and makes USB and SCSI models. See
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/storage/tapestorage/datdrives.html
MacOS X has "dd". Macs have USB. A MacMini is cheaper than say a new Sun. But will a MacMini with MacOS X 10.4 be able to use an HP USB based 4mm tape drive? Is it supported? Can I use it with "dd"? Really, I suspect the question is MacOS X specific, and not specific to MacMini's, but again, for lack of an appropriate forum for this question...
If you've used an HP USB based 4mm drive (DDS-3, DDS-4, DAT72) with a Mac, let me know. I've searched Apple's web site for 4mm and came up with nothing related. If this information is out there, it's well hidden.

You might try asking in the Mac OS X 10.4 area. I think you'd be more likely to find someone who knows there, should there be an answer (probably not many mini owners use 4mm tape).
Good luck.

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