Encryption Key Manager Path Diagnostics

The EKM Path Diagnostics consists of a series of short tests to validate whether the key servers are running, connected, and able to serve keys as required.

Run the diagnostics any time you change the EKM server settings or library encryption settings. It is a good idea to test each drive that communicates with key manager servers.

The diagnostics consists of the following tests:

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

  1. Access the 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 diagnostics again to make sure all tests pass:
  5. Do one of the following:

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