Nonexistent External Key Manager prevents deletion of offline NVE volumes
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- External Key Manager (EKM)
- NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)
Issue
Unable to delete the offline NVE volume after the External Key Manager has been removed, decommissioned, or is no longer available.
::> vol delete -vserver <svm> -volume <vol_name>
Error: command failed: One or more key servers are unavailable for Vserver "svm". Use the "security key-manager external show-status -vserver svm" command to check the status of the key servers. Verify that the network configuration is correct.