and Computer A ssociates all provide suitable products. Further details about these and other products
that may be appropriate c an be found on our connectivity web site.
1. Go to our connectivity web site: h
ttp://www.hp.com/go/connect and select tape backup.
2. Select software compatibility.
3. Select your combination of operating system and tape drive model in the table. A list of supported
backup applications is displayed. This will also tell you whether your configu ration is compatible
with HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, HP OBDR. (All HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives
support HP OBDR. However, you can only use this feature if your system configuration and backup
application also support it. See “Compatibility” on page 65.)
4. Make sure you have a backup application that supports HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives and
download any upgrades or patches, if required.
Enabling en
cryption
Your HP Ult
rium 1760 tape drive includes hardware c apable of performing data encryption while writing
and data de
cryption while reading, both at full speed. This is only possible with Ultrium 1.6 TB media.
See a lso “Ultrium 1760 tape drives and encryption” on page 60.
If you wish to make use of the encryption capability, you must enable this feature via the backup soft ware
application. Refer to h
ttp://www.hp.com/go/connect to fi nd out which applications support this
advanced
data protection capability.
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Drivers and backup software