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Quantum Encryption Key Manager User’s Guide 17

Chapter 3

3Tips for Success

Do these things to ensure optimal performance and successful recovery

in case of server loss:

•

Remember your keystore password — otherwise you can’t import and

export certificates and keys, or share encrypted tapes with other sites.

•

Remember your Q-EKM admin password — otherwise you can’t log

onto Q-EKM Commands or upgrade your system.

•

Save a copy of your keystore and configuration files from your initial

install.

Quantum Support will provide these files to you at the install.

Quantum recommends you store them securely and don’t touch

them unless needed. If you lose both your servers and all your

backups, these files will allow you to recover. You will not have any

imported keys or certificates, but you will have what you need to

read and write YOUR tapes, and you can always re-import keys and

certificates from others at a future date.

•

Keep the keystores matched. This is a manual process. In a two-server

configuration, any time you update the keystore on one server (by

importing public certificates or encryption keys), you must either

import the items on the other server or copy the keystore manually

from one server to the other. This will allow one server to take over

for the other in a failover scenario.

•

Make sure your servers are synchronized. For two-server

configurations, Quantum Support will set up synchronization at

initial install. This keeps your configuration files the same. This is

important for communication between the paired servers and

between the servers and the library.

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