Obtaining a host key document from Resource Link

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You can download a host key document from Resource Link®, if the IBM Secure Execution feature is enabled on your IBM Z® or LinuxONE.

Before you begin

Resource Link offers a search page for host key documents. If you have never signed in to Resource Link, you need to register before you can access the host key document search page.
  1. Open the main page, www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink
  2. Click Sign in. You are prompted to register.
You will receive an email in about an hour when the registration is complete.

Procedure

  1. As a registered user, access the search page: 
    https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/hom03010.nsf/pages/HKDSearch?OpenDocument
  2. Select the machine type and enter the machine serial number.
    If an HKD file is available for the machine, a link is displayed to download the file, as on the page shown in Figure 1.
    Figure 1. Host key document search page on Resource Link
    Screenshot from Resource Link showing the Host key document search page.
  3. Click the link to download the document.