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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section III. Encryption of data at rest
  4. NetBackup key management service
  5. Command line interface (CLI) commands
  6. CLI usage help
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

CLI usage help

To get CLI usage help, use the NetBackup Key Management Service (KMS) utility command (the nbkmsutil command) with the included arguments.

Use nbkmsutil -help -option for help on an individual option.

# nbkmsutil -help
nbkmsutil [ -createkg ] [ -createkey ]
[ -modifykg ] [ -modifykey ]
[ -listkgs ] [ -listkeys ]
[ -deletekg ] [ -deletekey ]
[ -modifyhmk ] [ -modifykpk ]
[ -gethmkid ] [ -getkpkid ]
[ -quiescedb ] [ -unquiescedb ]
[ -recoverkey]
[ -export ]    
[ -import ]             
[ -recoverkey ]
[ -ksstats ]
[ -help ]

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