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How do i know whether my data is encrypted at rest?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • ONTAP System Manager

Answer

System Manager
  • Navigate to Cluster > Settings > Encryption at Rest to check whether encryption at rest is enabled

AutoSupport in Active IQ Digital Advisor
  1. Follow How to view AutoSupports in Active IQ Digital Advisor?
  2. In the AutoSupport contents, search for the files KEYMANAGER-KEYSTORE.XML and KEY-MANAGER-QUERY.XML.

ONTAP CLI

Encryption Type

 Command

NetApp Aggregate Encryption

 ::> storage aggregate show -fields encrypt-with-aggr-key

NetApp Volume Encryption

 ::> volume show -fields is-encrypted
NetApp Storage Encryption ::> storage encryption disk show
  • The output of the above commands reports the encrypted aggregates/volumes/disks indicating the corresponding encryption type in use
  • To determine if a volume is encrypted via volume or aggregate key, the following command can be used

::> vol show -fields encryption-type
vserver  volume                                     encryption-type
-------- ------------------------------------------ ---------------
Netapp
         Vol1                                       aggregate
Netapp
         Vol2                                       volume

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