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Workspace Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 12, 2019

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mmkeyserv: changing from regular to simplified setup

Our system was setup for encryption a few years ago with "regular setup" for the key management (manual copy and synchronisation of RKM.conf, etc).
To simplifiy and secure the regular key exchange, we want to switch to the "simplified setup" using "mmkeyserv".
Unfortunately the usage of "mmkeyserv" on a system which started without mmkeyserv on intial setup is not supported and not yet tested from the technical point of view (s. SupportCase: TS002561056). So one potential risk could be the loss of all current used MEKs ...

Because of this we want to request, that such an upgrade path should be tested and validated.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 23, 2021

    Delivered in 5.1.1

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 30, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - Product functionality

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - Technical Foundation

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 23, 2019

    There are so many potential paths from a manual config to Simplified that it would be too much work to address them automatically. The customer should seek help or "hand holding" for a custom migration to ensure no keys are lost in the process

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