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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section II. Encryption of data-in-transit
  4. NetBackup CA and NetBackup certificates
  5. About host ID-based certificates
  6. Deleting sensitive certificates and keys from media servers and clients
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Deleting sensitive certificates and keys from media servers and clients

In the cloning process, use the following command to remove certain sensitive certificates and keys from NetBackup media servers and clients in the following scenarios:

  • Run the command on the cloned virtual machine, which is cloned from an active NetBackup host.

  • Run the command before creating a gold image of a virtual machine for cloning.

nbcertcmd -deleteAllCertificates

Note:

This command is allowed only on media servers and clients. The command is not allowed on master servers.

This operation deletes or shreds the appropriate sensitive information (certificates and keys) from the following locations:

On Windows:

  • C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\certmapinfo.json

  • C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\credentials\<certificate>

    For example:

    C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\credentials\ 6d92d4dd-ed2d-43de-adb1-bf333aa2cc3c

  • C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\credentials\keystore\PrivKeyFile.pem (shredded)

  • C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\at\systemprofile\certstore\<certificate>

    For example:

    C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\at\systemprofile\ certstore\9345b05e-lilycl2nb!1556!nbatd!1556.0

  • C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\at\systemprofile\certstore\keystore\PrivKeyFile.pem (shredded)

  • C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\var\VxSS\at\systemprofile\certstore\keystore\PubKeyFile.pem

On UNIX:

  • /usr/openv/var/vxss/certmapinfo.json

  • /usr/openv/var/vxss/credentials/<certificate>

    For example:

    /usr/openv/var/vxss/credentials/ f4f72ef3-2cfc-42a4-ab5a-65fd09e8b63e

  • /usr/openv/var/vxss/credentials/keystore/PrivKeyFile.pem (shredded)

  • /var/vxss/at/root/.VRTSat/profile/certstore/<certificate>

  • /var/vxss/at/root/.VRTSat/profile/certstore/keystore/PubKeyFile.pem

  • /var/vxss/at/root/.VRTSat/profile/certstore/keystore/PrivKeyFile.pem (shredded)

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