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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section II. Encryption of data-in-transit
  4. External CA and external certificates
  5. Disabling an external CA in a NetBackup domain
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Disabling an external CA in a NetBackup domain

Use this section to disable an external CA in a NetBackup domain.

To disable an external CA

  1. Ensure that each host in the domain is configured to use NetBackup host ID-based certificates.
  2. Remove all the external certificate configuration options from the configuration file (bp.conf on UNIX or Windows registry), which exists on the host.

    For example, ECA_CERT_PATH.

    See Configuration options for external CA-signed certificates for a virtual name.

  3. Remove the external CA support from the primary server.
    • Remove all the external certificate configuration options from the configuration file (bp.conf on UNIX or Windows registry), which exists on the primary server.

      For example, ECA_CERT_PATH.

      See Configuration options for external CA-signed certificates for a virtual name.

  4. Delete all external certificate entries from the NetBackup database.

    Run the following command:

    nbcertcmd -deleteECACertEntry -subject subject name of the certificate

  5. Remove the external CA support from the web server.

    configureWebServerCerts -removeExternalCert

    For more information about the commands, refer to the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

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