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How to Locate the Correct Host IP Address, Backup, Server Health Monitor - encryption activation

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a14m0251 Figure 3-6. Backup Critical Files Window Verify the path and click Backup. The Dell Encryption Key Manager server is launched in the background. The Encryption Key Manager generates a set of backup files every time you click OK when changing the Encryption Key Manager server configuration or Backup in the "Backup Critical Files" window. The files listed as Files to be Archived are saved to c:/ekm/gui/BackupFlies directory. Each filename is prepended with the date and the time. For example, a set of files backed up on Nov 26 2007 at 2:58 and 46 seconds pm will all have the following date and time stamp at the beginning of their name "2007_11_26_14_58_46_FileName. Backup files are not overwritten. 6. Select Server Health Monitor in the GUI navigator to verify that the Encryption Key Manager server is up. To add keys to an existing keystore, see "Using the GUI to Define Key Groups and Create Keys" on page 3-14. How to Locate the Correct Host IP Address: Limitations in the current Encryption Key Manager GUI may prevent it from displaying the Encryption Key Manager host IP address in the Server Health Monitor: v If the host is configured with an IPv6 address, the Encryption Key Manager application will not be able to display the IP address. v If the Encryption Key Manager application is installed in a Linux system, the Encryption Key Manager application displays the localhost address and not the actual active IP port. 1. To retrieve the actual IP address of the host system, locate the IP port address by accessing the network configuration. v In a Windows system, open a command window and enter ipconfig. v For Linux enter isconfig. 3-8 Dell Encryption Key Mgr User's Guide

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Verify the path and click
Backup
. The Dell Encryption Key Manager server is
launched in the background.
The Encryption Key Manager generates a set of backup files every time you
click
OK
when changing the Encryption Key Manager server configuration or
Backup
in the “Backup Critical Files” window. The files listed as
Files to be
Archived
are saved to c:/ekm/gui/BackupFlies directory. Each filename is
prepended with the date and the time. For example, a set of files backed up on
Nov 26 2007 at 2:58 and 46 seconds pm will all have the following date and
time stamp at the beginning of their name “2007_11_26_14_58_46_FileName.
Backup files are not overwritten.
6.
Select
Server Health Monitor
in the GUI navigator to verify that the
Encryption Key Manager server is up.
To add keys to an existing keystore, see “Using the GUI to Define Key Groups and
Create Keys” on page 3-14.
How to Locate the Correct Host IP Address:
Limitations in the current Encryption Key Manager GUI may prevent it from
displaying the Encryption Key Manager host IP address in the Server Health
Monitor:
v
If the host is configured with an IPv6 address, the Encryption Key Manager
application will not be able to display the IP address.
v
If the Encryption Key Manager application is installed in a Linux system, the
Encryption Key Manager application displays the localhost address and not the
actual active IP port.
1.
To retrieve the actual IP address of the host system, locate the IP port address
by accessing the network configuration.
v
In a Windows system, open a command window and enter
ipconfig
.
v
For Linux enter
isconfig
.
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Figure 3-6. Backup Critical Files Window
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