Enabling AEK using local keystore

Netezza Performance Server for Cloud Pak for Data System

Netezza Performance Server drives are self encrypting drives with default keys.

For local key store, execute the following steps to enable AEK locking on SPU SED drives successfully.

  1. Define AEK variables
  2. Creating local keystore databases
  3. Generate authentication keys
  4. Pause the system
  5. Lock the SED drives using authentication key
  6. Resume the system