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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. Modify key attributes
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Modify key attributes

To modify the key attributes use the NetBackup Key Management Service (KMS) utility command (the nbkmsutil command) with the included arguments.

# nbkmsutil -help -modifykey
nbkmsutil -modifykey -keyname <key_name>
-kgname <key_group_name>
[ -state <new_state> | -activate ]
[ -name <new_name_for_the_key> ]
[ -desc <new_description> ]
[ -move_to_kgname <key_group_name> ]

Note:

The -state and -activate options are mutually exclusive.

-keyname

Specifies the name of the key to be modified.

-kgname

Specifies the name of the key group to which this key belongs.

-name

Specifies the new name of the key (it should be unique within the key group).

-state

Specifies the new state of the key (see valid key state transition order).

-activate

Sets the key state to active.

-desc

Adds the new description to the key.

-move_to_kgname

Specifies the name of the key group that the key has to be moved to.

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