CONFIGURING A STORAGE DRIVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ENCRYPTION AND KEY MANAGERS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a storage drive, a request to access a coupled removable storage media for drive operations;
obtaining, by the storage drive, encryption status for the coupled removable storage media from an encryption manager;
determining, by the storage drive, from the obtained encryption status whether to encrypt the coupled removable storage media to access;
obtaining, by the storage drive, at least one key from a key manager in response to determining to encrypt with respect to the coupled removable storage media; and
performing, by the storage drive, data operations using the at least one key to encrypt data.
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Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for configuring a storage drive to communicate with encryption and key managers. A storage drive receives a request to access a coupled removable storage media for drive operations. The storage drive obtains encryption status for the coupled removable storage media from an encryption manager. The storage drive determines from the obtained encryption status whether to encrypt the coupled removable storage media to access. The storage drive obtains at least one key from a key manager in response to determining to encrypt with respect to the coupled removable storage media. The storage drive performs data operations using the at least one key to encrypt data.
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46 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a storage drive, a request to access a coupled removable storage media for drive operations; obtaining, by the storage drive, encryption status for the coupled removable storage media from an encryption manager; determining, by the storage drive, from the obtained encryption status whether to encrypt the coupled removable storage media to access; obtaining, by the storage drive, at least one key from a key manager in response to determining to encrypt with respect to the coupled removable storage media; and performing, by the storage drive, data operations using the at least one key to encrypt data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system in communication with an encryption manager and key manager, and capable of being coupled to a removable storage media, comprising:
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an Input/Output manager enabled to receive a request to access the coupled removable storage media for drive operations; key management code enabled to perform operations comprising; obtaining encryption status for the coupled removable storage media from an encryption manager; determining from the obtained encryption status whether to encrypt the coupled removable storage media to access; obtaining at least one key from a key manager in response to determining to encrypt with respect to the coupled removable storage media; and an encryption engine enabled to perform data operations using the at least one key to encrypt data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An article of manufacture including code enabled to perform operations with respect to an encryption manager, key manager, and removable storage media, the operations comprising:
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receiving a request to access a coupled removable storage media for drive operations; obtaining encryption status for the removable storage media from an encryption manager; determining from the obtained encryption status whether to encrypt the coupled removable storage media to access; obtaining at least one key from a key manager in response to determining to encrypt with respect to the coupled removable storage media; and performing data operations using the at least one key to encrypt data. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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