Backing up data of an earlier version of IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (V2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, or 3.0.1)
The first step to migrate data from your existing IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager version to V4.2 is to back up the data of the existing version. The next and final step is to restore this backup file to the system where IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager V4.2 is installed.
Before you begin
- Ensure that the system from which you want to migrate data and create backup has the minimum
required level of IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager version already
installed. For more information, see Supported upgrade paths and migration methods.Note: You must have the required IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager user role to run the backup and restore operations.
- Ensure that IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager, V4.2 is installed on the system to which you want to restore the backed-up file.
- Ensure that the tklm.encryption.keysize property in the
SKLMConfig.properties file is set to 256. Otherwise, the
restore operation fails.
If the property does not exist in the property file, add it. To do so, use the Update Config Property REST Service.
About this task
Use the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager backup utility to create the backup file. The backup file is independent of the operating system and directory structure of the server. You can restore this cross-platform-compatible backup file to a system with IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager, version 4.2 across operating systems.
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager stores the transactional data of keys that are served to clients in a database table. If the number of records in the table is equal to or greater than 100,000, IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager automatically purges the database table and archives or stores the transactional data in a comma-separated values (CSV) file.
The CSV file and a checksum file are included in an archive (JAR) file that is saved in the SKLM_DATA\ServedDataListArchives folder.
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager version | Directory with backup utility (sklmv##) | Backup utility file name (backupV##.bat/ backupV##.sh |
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3.0.1 | sklmv301 |
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3.0 | sklmv30 |
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2.7 | sklmv27 |
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2.6 | sklmv26 |
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2.5 | sklmv25 |
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