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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. Disabling the monitoring of the KMS service
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Disabling the monitoring of the KMS service

You can disable monitoring of the KMS service.

To disable monitoring of the KMS service

  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 -disableSvc "NetBackup Key Management Service"

    On UNIX: bpclusterutil -disableSvc nbkms

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