Importing and exporting keys between clusters – HP Secure Key Manager User Manual
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2.
Navigate to the Remote Administration Settings section (Device > Administrators > Remove
Administration).
3.
Click Edit.
4.
Select Web Admin User Authentication.
5.
Click Save.
NOTE:
This feature is
immediately
enabled when you select Web Admin User Authentication.
You will be logged out of the Management Console and will need a valid client certificate
to return. If needed, you can use the edit ras settings command from the CLI to disable
this feature without presenting a certificate.
Backup procedures for keys, configurations, and certificates
Importing and exporting keys between clusters
Use the SKM backup/restore feature to export one key at a time from Cluster #1, and import it to Cluster
#2. When a key is exported, the corresponding usage permissions are also exported. To use the
imported key, it is necessary to set permissions on Cluster #2’s library clients. Also, when a key is
imported (restored) to a cluster, it must be manually replicated to other nodes in that cluster.
NOTE:
The exported key remains accessible to Cluster #1; the key has been copied, not moved.
1.
Determine the key name to be exported.
Each piece of media has a unique key name, containing the media’s barcode, and the UTC
timestamp when block 0 of that media was written.
NOTE:
The following is one example of how to filter for a specific key. Other filters are available,
and may work better in different situations.
a. From the Security window, in the Keys menu on the left, select Keys. barcode>. Secure Key Manager 69
b. In the list of keys displayed, select Filtered By Key Name where value contains