You can modify information about a device such as a tape drive in the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager database. For example, you can update the
description of the drive.
About this task
You can use the Modify Tape Drive dialog or Device Update REST
Service to update a device. Your role must have permissions to the modify action and to
the appropriate device group.
Before you begin, create the keys and key groups that you want to associate with the devices that
you are about to modify. If you use the REST interface, obtain the value of the uuid for the device
that you intend to update.
Procedure
-
Go to the appropriate page or directory.
- Graphical user interface:
- Log on to the graphical user interface.
- In the Key and Device Management section on Welcome page, select
LTO.
- Click .
- Alternatively, right-click LTO and select Manage keys and
devices.
- On the management page for
LTO
, select a drive in the Tape
Drives column.
- click Modify.
- Alternatively, right-click a drive and then select Modify, or
double-click a drive entry.
- REST interface:
-
Modify a device:
- Graphical
user interface:
- On the Modify Tape Drive dialog,
type the
required and optional information.
- Click Modify
Tape Drive.
- REST interface:
Use
Device Update REST Service to update a device. You must
specify the device uuid and the attributes that change. For example, you can send the following HTTP
request:
GET https://localhost:port/SKLM/rest/v1/devices?type=LTO
Content-Type: application/json
Accept : application/json
Authorization: SKLMAuth userAuthId=139aeh34567m
Accept-Language : en
PUT https://localhost:port/SKLM/rest/v1/devices
Content-Type: application/json
Accept : application/json
Authorization: SKLMAuth userAuthId=139aeh34567m
{"uuid":"DEVICE-44b123ad-5ed8-4934-8c84-64cb9e11d990","attributes":
"symAlias LTOKey000001,description myLTOdrive"}
What to do next
Next, verify that the changes are made. For optional fields, such as the description,
you might want to use the Device List REST Service to determine whether the value
is changed. Alternatively, reopen the Modify Tape Drive dialog.