Chapter 7: Encryption Key Management
Configuring Scalar Key Manager (SKM) on the Library
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Table 6 Encryption Methods
Encryption
Me
thod Description
Enable Library
Managed
For use with EKM. Enables encryption
support via a connected EK
M key server for
all encryption-capable tape drives and media
assigned to the partition.
Allow
Application
Managed
Not for use with EKM. Allows an external
backup application to provide encryption
support to all encryption-capable tape drives
and media within the partition. The library
will NOT communicate with the EKM key
server on this partition.
This is the default setting if you have
encryp
tion-capable tape drives in the
partition. This option should remain selected
unless
you are connecting the library to an
external EKM key server.
Note
: If you want an external application to
manage encryption, you must specifically
configure the application to do so. The
library will not participate in performing this
type of encryption.
Unsupported Means that no tape drives in the partition
support encryp
tion.
If Un
supported is shown, it will be greyed
out and you will not be able to change the
setting.
4 Click Apply.
Data encryption keys are generated. When you set the
Encryption
Method to Enable Library Managed on a partition for the first
time, the library automatically triggers each SKM server to generate
a set of unique data encryption keys. This may take 15 minutes to
an hour or longer, depending on network performance. The library
notifies you when the process is complete.
5 W
ait for the process to complete before resuming library
operations.