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What happens to information stored in OKM in case of disaster

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Key information is held by the Replicated Database (RDB). When a node in the cluster goes down and looses one or more key ID, the cluster-wide passphrase will be used to restore them by syncing with RDB. In case of a disaster and loss of keys through the entirety of the cluster, onboard key-management information will be restored using the backup data gained when you run security key-manager backup show command.
 
You should copy onboard key management (OKM) information to a secure location outside the storage system whenever you configure the Onboard Key Manager passphrase. This is explained in Managing NetApp encryption 
 

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In case OKM needs to be restored, please contact NetApp Technical Support and reference this article for further assistance.

 

 

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