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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section III. Encryption of data at rest
  4. NetBackup key management service
  5. KMS database constituents
  6. Backing up the KMS keystore and administrator keys
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Backing up the KMS keystore and administrator keys

The important KMS data files can be backed up by making copies of the key database KMS_DATA, the Host Master Key KMS_HMKF, and the Key Protection Key KMS_HKPKF.

On Windows these files are as follows:

NetBackup_install_path\kms\kms\db\KMS_DATA.dat
NetBackup_install_path\Veritas\kms\key\KMS_HMKF.dat
NetBackup_install_path\Veritas\kms\key\KMS_KPKF.dat

On UNIX these files are at this location:

/usr/openv/kms/db/KMS_DATA
/usr/openv/kms/key/KMS_HMKF
/usr/openv/kms/key/KMS_KPKF

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