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Tape failover across a cluster

  • US 8,160,257 B1
  • Filed: 11/02/2010
  • Issued: 04/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • establishing a primary path and a secondary path from a host to a backup system, wherein a first security appliance, comprising a processor, is logically interconnected on the primary path between the host and the backup system and a second security appliance is logically interconnected on the secondary path between the host and the backup system;

    intercepting, by the first security appliance, data sent on the primary path between the host and the backup system, wherein the first security appliance utilizes an encryption key to perform at least one of encrypting the data and decrypting the data sent on the primary path; and

    broadcasting, by the first security appliance, the encryption key to the second security appliance over a communication channel between the first security appliance and the second security appliance in response to generating the encryption key.

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