Chapter 7 Encryption Key Management
Configuring Encryption Key Management on the Library
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2 Q-EKM Only: A list of all the tape drives enabled for library-
managed encryption is displayed, along with the tape drive status
and the partition in which each tape drive resides.
3 Q-EKM Only: Select the tape drive on which you want to perform
diagnostics and click Apply. Tape drives must be unloaded, ready,
and online in order for the test to run.
A dialog box appears telling you that the selected partition will be
taken offline. When the test completes, the partition automatically
comes back online.
4 Click
OK to start the Q-EKM diagnostics, or click Apply to start the
SKM or KMIP diagnostics.
5 The library performs the diagnostics and displays pass/fail results on
each of the tests in the Progress Window.
6 Do one of the following:
•If Completed appears in the Progress Window, the diagnostics
were performed (this does not mean that the diagnostics passed,
just that the diagnostics were performed). Click Close to close the
Progress Window.
•If Failure appears in the Progress Window, the diagnostics were
not performed. Follow the instructions listed in the Progress
Window to resolve any issues that occurred during the operation.
7 If you are entered the Diagnostics menu, select Exit from the menu
bar and then click OK in the dialog box that appears.
Using Automatic EKM
Path Diagnostics 7
You can enable the library to automatically perform EKM Path
Diagnostics at selected intervals. During each interval, the library tests
every configured key server. The default test interval is 10 minutes. The
library generates a RAS ticket if there are problems.
• For Q-EKM: Automatic EKM Path Diagnostics is disabled by default.
It is recommended that you leave Automatic EKM Path Diagnostics
disabled, unless network interruptions are a common cause of
encryption failures at your site.
Note: The diagnostics tests may take several minutes to
complete.
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