EKM 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 Manual EKM Path Diagnostics any time you change the Q-EKM or SKM server settings or library encryption settings, and when you replace a tape drive. It is recommended to test each Q-EKM drive that communicates with key manager servers.

The diagnostics consists of the following tests:

If any of the tests fail, try the following resolutions and run the diagnostics again to make sure all tests pass:

CAUTION: For Q-EKM: Performing this action takes the partition in which the selected drive resides offline.

This topic explains how to run EKM Path Diagnosis manually. If desired, you can set up the library to run EKM Path Diagnostics automatically at configurable intervals (see Automatic EKM Path Diagnostics). Note that the Manal diagnostics differs from the Manual diagnostics in the following ways:

Follow the steps below to run EKM Path Diagnosis manually.

  1. Access the EKM Path Diagnostics screen in one of two ways: Q-EKM Only: 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. 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 displays telling you that the selected partition will be taken offline.
  3. Click OK to start the Q-EKM diagnostics, or click Apply to start the SKM diagnistocs.

    The Progress Window displays. 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. Do one of the following:

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