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shutdown and end cleanly. Do not send a sigkill to the key manager process.
sigkill will not shut the process down cleanly. For example, on Linux systems,
enter kill -SIGTERM pid or kill -15 pid.
Starting and Stopping the Key Manager Server from the
Command Prompt
To start the Encryption Key Manager server from any command window or shell ,
enter:
java com.ibm.keymanager.EKMLaunch KeymanagerConfig.properties
This launches the Encryption Key Manager server in the background. When started
correctly, the Encryption Key Manager Java process can be displayed with the ps
-ef | grep java command (Linux platforms) or using the Windows Task Manager.
When running as a Windows Service, it displays as LaunchEKMService.
To stop the server, issue the stopekm command using any of the methods
described below in “The Command Line Interface Client” on page 5-5. Another
method is to send a sigterm to the key manager process. This allows the server to
shutdown and end cleanly. Do not send a sigkill to the key manager process.
sigkill will not shut the process down cleanly. For example, on Linux systems,
enter kill -SIGTERM pid or kill -15 pid.
On Windows platforms, when the Dell Encryption Key Manager is started as a
Windows Service, it can be stopped from the Control Panel.
Installing the Key Manager Server as a Window Service
Installing the Encryption Key Manager server as a service in the host server
ensures that when the host server is rebooted the Encryption Key Manager server
application will be started.
1. Extract the executable LaunchEKMService.exe file from the release downloaded
from Dell Support Website (http://support.dell.com) into a temporary directory.
2. For the service to run properly some environment variables must be set:
a. From the Start menu, click Control Panel.
b. Double click System.
c. Click the Advanced tab.
d. Click Environment Variables.
e. Under the list of System Variables, click New.
f. Specify JAVA_HOME as the variable name and enter the IBM JVM directory.
The default install is C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\Java60
g. Click OK.
3. Edit the system PATH variable using this procedure.
Note: Setting the PATH variable from the command line will not work.
a. From the Start menu, click Control Panel.
b. Double click System.
c. Click the Advanced tab.
d. Click Environment Variables.
e. Scroll the list of System Variables for the Path variable and click Edit.
f. Add the IBM JVM path to the beginning of the Path variable. The default
install is C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\Java60\jre\bin
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