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VEK key remains cached on node after NVE is deleted and removed from external key server

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • External key server 
  • NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)

Issue

  • After deleting an NVE volume, the key-id for the deleted volume remains cached on the node:

Cluster::> security key-manager key query -restored false
             Node: cluster-01
          Vserver: svm_cluster
      Key Manager: 10.XX.XX.XX:5696
 Key Manager Type: KMIP

Key Tag                               Key Type  Restored
------------------------------------  --------  --------
c9541486-4cc8-11ec-9221-00a0985b948b  VEK       false
    Key ID: 000000000000000002000000000005001b8ca4b682e533dfc5cfc5a77acb28c40000000000000000

  • The following error is reported when an attempt is made to restore the key:

::> security key-manager external restore

Warning: Unable to list entries on node cluster-01. KMIP "Get" command failed on external key server "10.XX.XX.XX:5696". Cryptsoft error: "Response status: OPERATION_FAILED. Reason: ITEM_NOT_FOUND. Message: No Cryptographic Object found with given Unique Identifier".

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