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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section III. Encryption of data at rest
  4. NetBackup key management service configuration
  5. Configuring KMS
  6. About recovering KMS by restoring all data files
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

About recovering KMS by restoring all data files

If you have made backup copies of the KMS_DATA, KMS_HMKF, and KMS_KPKF files, it is just a matter of restoring these three files. Then startup the nbkms service and the KMS system will be up and running again.

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