Encryption Key Manager Path Diagnostics

The Q-EKM Path Diagnostics consists of a series of tests between a selected tape drive and the primary and secondary Q-EKM servers. It is a good idea to test each drive that communicates with Q-EKM servers.

Run this test any time you change the Q-EKM server settings or library encryption settings.

The diagnostics consists of the following tests:

CAUTION: Performing this action takes the partition in which the selected drive resides offline.

  1. Access the Q-EKM Path Diagnostics screen in one of two ways:
    A list of all the tape drives enabled for library-managed encryption is displayed, along with the drive status and the partition in which each drive resides.
  2. Select the tape drive on which you want to perform diagnostics and click Apply.

    A dialog box appears telling you that the selected partition will be taken offline.
  3. Click OK to start the diagnostics.

    The Progress Window appears. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation.

    The library performs the diagnostics and reports pass/fail results on each of the tests in the Progress Window.
  4. If any of the tests fail, try the following resolutions and run the test again to make sure it passes:
  5. Do one of the following:

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