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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section III. Encryption of data at rest
  4. NetBackup key management service
  5. Configuring KMS
  6. About key groups and key records
  7. About creating key groups
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

About creating key groups

The first step for setting up encryption is to create a key group.

In the following example, the key group ENCR_mygroup is created:

nbkmsutil -createkg -kgname ENCR_mygroup

Note:

For AdvancedDisk and tape storage, it is important that the group name you create (i.e., mygroup), is prefixed with ENCR_.

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