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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section III. Encryption of data at rest
  4. NetBackup key management service
  5. Installing KMS
  6. Enabling the monitoring of the KMS service
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Enabling the monitoring of the KMS service

You can enable the monitoring of the KMS service and failover NetBackup when the service fails.

To enable monitoring of the KMS service and failover NetBackup if it fails

  1. Open a command prompt on the active node of the cluster.
  2. Change the directory, as follows:

    On Windows: <NetBackup_install_path>\NetBackup\bin

    On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin

  3. Run the following command.

    On Windows: bpclusterutil -enableSvc "NetBackup Key Management Service"

    On UNIX: bpclusterutil -enableSvc nbkms

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