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NetApp Encryption Overview
NetApp offers both software and hardware based encryption technologies
NetApp offers both software and hardware based encryption technologies
FAQ: NVE and NAE
Frequently asked questions about NetApp Volume and NetApp Aggregate Encryption
Frequently asked questions about NetApp Volume and NetApp Aggregate Encryption
What is NetApp Storage Encryption
Full disk encryption that protects data at rest with no operational impact
Full disk encryption that protects data at rest with no operational impact
Other Resources
- ONTAP Call Home Alert: Authentication Key Check Failure with External Key ManagerMon, 11 May 2026
- KMIP Destroy in ONTAP Does Not Purge Encryption Key Metadata in CipherTrust/EKMMon, 06 Apr 2026
- How to update existing KMIP SSL certificates from ONTAP boot menuWed, 01 Apr 2026
- What is the purpose of the arw.medium.encryption.percentage.threshold option in ONTAP 9.17.1？Fri, 27 Mar 2026
- Attempting to disable onboard key manager to delete disk encryption key failsFri, 13 Mar 2026
- How to enable OKM in ONTAP for non-MetroCluster environmentsFri, 06 Feb 2026
- Lun creation fails with "The Onboard Key Manager is already configured"Thu, 05 Feb 2026
- VEK keys got converted into AEK after ONTAP upgrade to 9.14.XFri, 30 Jan 2026
- Unable to configure data SVM key manager with NAE volumes in 9.16.1PxWed, 03 Dec 2025
- Failed to verify the backup blob after adding node to clusterMon, 03 Nov 2025
- Does ONTAP 9 support the ACME protocol for automated certificate management?Wed, 08 Oct 2025
- Does the SAN ARP entropy evaluation period apply to NAS volumes including VM datastores ?Fri, 03 Oct 2025
- TPM driver detaching at Boot in ONTAP 9.16.1 and higherMon, 29 Sep 2025
- Onboard keys not found after boot device replacementThu, 18 Sep 2025
- crypto.import.failed errors after re-initializing an ONTAP ClusterFri, 05 Sep 2025
- What is the config step in ONTAP when External Key Manager restore with same CAThu, 14 Aug 2025
- Volume creation fails in GCP as VEKs cannot be created for data SVMMon, 11 Aug 2025
- Newly created aggreagtes are not being encrypted after enabling OKMThu, 31 Jul 2025
- Does the server-CA certificate SwisscomRootCA1 need to be renewed manually?Thu, 31 Jul 2025
- Is it required to install SSL certificates for disk encryption?Tue, 29 Jul 2025
- Digital Certificate Expiring\Expired in Active IQ Unified ManagerMon, 18 May 2026
- No OKM in use: ANDU validation fails, Error: One or more encryption keys are unavailableThu, 14 May 2026
- ONTAP Call Home Alert: Authentication Key Check Failure with External Key ManagerMon, 11 May 2026
- Cannot unjoin NSE node from cluster, gives "Error: command failed: Cannot unjoin node"Wed, 06 May 2026
- Does NetApp Volume Encryption have to be enabled on both source and destination volumes of a SnapMirror relationship?Thu, 30 Apr 2026
- If I use NetApp SnapMirror to mirror my encrypted volume to a different cluster, is the same encryption key used at the destination?Thu, 30 Apr 2026
- How to recover from a lost passphrase while using onboard encryption and NVE within ONTAPFri, 24 Apr 2026
- Onboard keymanager sync fails after motherboard replacementFri, 17 Apr 2026
- How to update existing KMIP SSL certificates from ONTAP boot menuTue, 14 Apr 2026
- How do i know whether my data is encrypted at rest?Thu, 09 Apr 2026
- OKM keys not restored after ONTAP cluster expansionThu, 09 Apr 2026
- KMIP Destroy in ONTAP Does Not Purge Encryption Key Metadata in CipherTrust/EKMWed, 08 Apr 2026
- How to convert volumes from NetApp Volume Encryption to NetApp Aggregate EncryptionTue, 07 Apr 2026
- How to migrate Keys from Thales SafeNet Key Manager to Thales CipherTrust Key Manager with same CA certificateTue, 07 Apr 2026
- OKM onboard sync states passphrase is incorrectTue, 31 Mar 2026
- Installation of ONTAP nodar (No Data At Rest Encryption) image failsTue, 31 Mar 2026
- What is the impact of an expired digital certificate used for a Vserver?Tue, 31 Mar 2026
- ONTAP does not boot due to expired certificates in use with External Key ManagerFri, 27 Mar 2026
- Volume create or move fails when Onboard Key Manager is not in syncFri, 27 Mar 2026
- What is the purpose of the arw.medium.encryption.percentage.threshold option in ONTAP 9.17.1？Fri, 27 Mar 2026
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- Can I instantaneously delete an NVE volume encryption key without deleting the volume?
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- Can I do a volume move while an active NVE volume encryption start is running?
- The new client certificate public or private keys are different from the existing client certificate
- Nodes will not boot, error: Unable to restore data access on encrypting disk
- Digital Certificate Expiring\Expired in Active IQ Unified Manager
- Error: Encryption is not enabled on the destination cluster
- How to determine FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 certification number for encrypting drives
- How do I realize aggregate deduplication space savings after moving NVE volumes to NAE volumes?
- During ANDU for OKM system CC mode was disabled
- NVE: Encrypted volumes go offline after reboot in ONTAP 9.5 and earlier
Recently updated
(date updated)- Digital Certificate Expiring\Expired in Active IQ Unified Manager
- No OKM in use: ANDU validation fails, Error: One or more encryption keys are unavailable
- ONTAP Call Home Alert: Authentication Key Check Failure with External Key Manager
- Cannot unjoin NSE node from cluster, gives "Error: command failed: Cannot unjoin node"
- Does NetApp Volume Encryption have to be enabled on both source and destination volumes of a SnapMirror relationship?
- If I use NetApp SnapMirror to mirror my encrypted volume to a different cluster, is the same encryption key used at the destination?
- How to recover from a lost passphrase while using onboard encryption and NVE within ONTAP
- Onboard keymanager sync fails after motherboard replacement
- How to update existing KMIP SSL certificates from ONTAP boot menu
- How do i know whether my data is encrypted at rest?
- OKM keys not restored after ONTAP cluster expansion
- KMIP Destroy in ONTAP Does Not Purge Encryption Key Metadata in CipherTrust/EKM
- How to convert volumes from NetApp Volume Encryption to NetApp Aggregate Encryption
- How to migrate Keys from Thales SafeNet Key Manager to Thales CipherTrust Key Manager with same CA certificate
- OKM onboard sync states passphrase is incorrect
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(date created)- ONTAP Call Home Alert: Authentication Key Check Failure with External Key Manager
- KMIP Destroy in ONTAP Does Not Purge Encryption Key Metadata in CipherTrust/EKM
- How to update existing KMIP SSL certificates from ONTAP boot menu
- What is the purpose of the arw.medium.encryption.percentage.threshold option in ONTAP 9.17.1？
- Attempting to disable onboard key manager to delete disk encryption key fails
- How to enable OKM in ONTAP for non-MetroCluster environments
- Lun creation fails with "The Onboard Key Manager is already configured"
- VEK keys got converted into AEK after ONTAP upgrade to 9.14.X
- Unable to configure data SVM key manager with NAE volumes in 9.16.1Px
- Failed to verify the backup blob after adding node to cluster
- Does ONTAP 9 support the ACME protocol for automated certificate management?
- Does the SAN ARP entropy evaluation period apply to NAS volumes including VM datastores ?
- TPM driver detaching at Boot in ONTAP 9.16.1 and higher
- Onboard keys not found after boot device replacement
- crypto.import.failed errors after re-initializing an ONTAP Cluster