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Why are new volumes encrypted with NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE) by default?

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  • NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)
  • ONTAP 9.7 and above

Answer

  • Beginning with ONTAP 9.7, aggregate and volume encryption is enabled by default if you have a volume encryption (VE) license and use an onboard or external key manager.
  • Whenever an external or onboard key manager is configured there is a change in how the encryption of data at rest is configured for brand new aggregates and brand new volumes.
  • Brand new aggregates will have NetApp Aggregate Encryption (NAE) enabled by default.
  • Brand new volumes that are not part of an NAE aggregate will have NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE) enabled by default.
  • If a data storage virtual machine (SVM) is configured with its own key-manager using multi-tenant key management, then the volume created for that SVM is automatically configured with NVE.

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