Changing encryption of a cloud-container storage pool

You can change the encryption of an existing cloud-container storage pool that the IBM® Storage Protect server uses to encrypt your data.

About this task

Changing the encryption setting does not affect the data that is already stored in the cloud-container storage pool. Changing the encryption setting only affects the new data that is stored in the storage pool.

To change the encryption setting of a cloud-container storage pool, complete the following steps:

• Using the Operations Center
  1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Storage > Storage Pools.
  2. On the Storage Pool page, select a cloud-container storage pool and click Details.
  3. On the Details page, click the Properties tab.

     The Cloud area shows the cloud-related properties of the storage pool.

  4. In the Cloud area, click the Unlock icon to edit the cloud-related properties.
  5. From the Data encryption list, select Yes or No.
  6. Click Save.
• Using the command-line administrative client
  1. Issue the UPDATE STGPOOL command with the ENCRYPT=YES or ENCRYPT=NO parameter.

     UPDATE STGPOOL poolname ENCRYPT=YES