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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Atsushi Abe, Ebina, JP;
Tsuyoshi Miyamura, Yokohama, JP;
Kohei Taguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Mikuni, Inzai, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kamenoue, Adachi-ku, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing access to tape cartridges at a tape archival service provider. A determination is made as to whether a non-volatile memory of the tape cartridge stores a key encryption key comprising an encrypted user encryption key associated with a user. In response to determining that the non-volatile memory of the tape cartridge stores the key encryption key, the key encryption key is decrypted to produce the user encryption key. The user encryption key, resulting from the decrypting, is provided to an encryption engine of the tape drive to encrypt plain-text data read from the tape medium in the tape cartridge with the user encryption key to return to a read request.