Identifying drives
You can identify a 3592 tape drive for use with IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager. Before you begin, create the wrapping keys that you want to associate with the devices that you are about to identify.
About this task
You can use the Add Tape Drive dialog or the Device Add REST Service
to add a device. Your role must have the permission to the create action and a
permission to the appropriate device group.
You can make any of the following choices for serving keys to devices.
- Only accept manually added devices for communication
- All incoming devices are not added to the data store. You must manually specify key service to each device.
- Hold new device requests pending my approval
- All incoming devices of a valid device group are added to the device store, but are not automatically served keys upon request. You must accept or reject a device in the pending devices list before the device is served keys upon request.
- Automatically accept all new device requests for communication
- All new incoming devices of a valid device group are added to the data store and are
automatically served keys upon request.Note: Do not use this setting if you intend to move the new device to another device group. Instead, select manual or pending approval mode to allow an opportunity to move the device into the appropriate device group before any keys are served.
Procedure
What to do next
Next, use the 3592 Key and Device Management page to view all wrapping keys and devices.