Thanks Adam, I have thought about using the DDR to file option but that will slow down the process too much and will require a lot more staging area during the backup process.
For now, the only thing that comes to mind is VMBackup. I wish IBM would add an encrypt option to DDR! Aria. On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:12:28 -0500 Adam Thornton said: > >You could use ddr2cmsx, encrypt the result, and then dump that to >real tape. With the (compact option it'll probably save you some >tape space too. Obviously this requires restore-to-disk, decrypt, >restore-to-real-target disk, so it makes your DR process take longer >and require some temporary holding space. > >I am unaware of CMS-based encryption tools, but that by no means >implies they don't exist. Me, I'd then VMARC my CMSDDR files (to >eliminate blocksize issues and further shrink them), send 'em over to >Linux, run them through something-openssl-based, ship 'em back, and >stick them on tape, but that's a sort of icky workflow. > >Adam
