Guidelines and requirements for key server management

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Ensure that you are aware of the guidelines and requirements for managing your key servers.

The following guidelines and requirements apply:
  • You are responsible for maintaining the physical and logical security of key servers.
  • You are responsible for maintaining synchronization of keystores between key servers and for backup of keystore information.
  • Back up the key server any time new keys are created that are to be maintained by the key server. Ensure that you complete a backup before these new keys are used by any client storage devices. For example, before the device is configured to communicate with the key server to request data keys for the associated key label.
  • If you provide more than one type of key server, you must use the key export method to transfer keys between heterogeneous key server types. Back up and restore methods can be used between homogeneous key servers.