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One or more nodes have onboard key management VEK keys that need to be restored

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9 (Upgrades)
  • Onboard Key Manager (OKM)
  • NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)
  • NetApp Aggregate Encryption (NAE)
  • Volume Encryption Key (VEK)

Issue

  • Command security key-manager key query shows that some of the VEK keys are not restored:

Key Tag        Key Type    Restored
-------------  ---------   --------
Key ID: <key>  VEK         false

  • Command security key-manager key show (deprecated  in ONTAP 9.6) shows the following error:

Error: One or more nodes have onboard key management keys that need to be restored. Run the "security key-manager onboard sync" command to restore the onboard key hierarchy on those nodes.

  • The error is reported despite trying to restore the key using security key-manager onboard sync.

 

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