Dell Unity: DARE keystore backup best practices (User Correctable)
Summary: List of recommendations for backing up D@re encryption keys
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Encryption keys change whenever an operation occurs which causes a drive to be bound or unbound. As a result, Dell Technologies recommends backing up the keystore externally when such a change is made including:
- Creating or deleting a storage pool
- Expanding a storage pool
- Creating or deleting FAST Cache
- Expanding or shrinking FAST Cache
- Hot Sparing
The below link covers in details the D@RE Encryption feature on Unity arrays:
Dell EMC UNITY: DATA AT REST ENCRYPTION A Detailed Review
Affected Products
Dell EMC Unity FamilyProducts
Dell Unity 300, Dell EMC Unity 300F, Dell EMC Unity 400, Dell EMC Unity 400F, Dell EMC Unity 500, Dell EMC Unity 500F, Dell EMC Unity 600, Dell EMC Unity 600F, Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity FamilyArticle Properties
Article Number: 000019181
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2025
Version: 3
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