Figure 35 Accessing The Encryption Partition Configuration Screen - Quantum Scalar i40 User Manual

Figure 35 Accessing the
Encryption Partition
Configuration Screen
Quantum Scalar i40 and Scalar i80 User's Guide
Note: The key generation process takes 15 minutes to an hour,
depending on network performance and quantity of keys
already used. The library notifies you when the process
completes. During key generation and backup, the SKM server
will not be able to process any library requests for data
encryption keys. You should not run any library or host-initiated
operations on SKM partitions during key generation and
backup.
Caution: Avoid manually generating keys on more than five libraries
simultaneously as the key generation process is resource-
intensive on the server. Generating keys manually on more
than five libraries at once could result in a failure to
complete the key generation operation, or interfere with
key retrieval operations.
If a failure does occur during key generation, wait 10
minutes, then try to start it again. The key generation
process will resume from where the error was encountered.
To manually generate data encryption keys:
1 Make sure that both SKM servers are running and operational.
2 From the library's Web client, access the encryption partition
configuration screen (Setup > Encryption > Partition
Configuration)
. See
Chapter 7: Encryption Key Management
Scalar Key Manager Functions Available on the Library
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