Changing encryption of a cloud-container storage pool

You can change the encryption of an existing cloud-container storage pool that the IBM Storage Protect server uses to encrypt your data.

About this task

Changing the encryption setting does not affect the data that is already stored in the cloud-container storage pool. Changing the encryption setting only affects the new data that is stored in the storage pool.

To change the encryption setting of a cloud-container storage pool, complete the following steps:

• Using the Operations Center
  1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Storage > Storage Pools.
  2. On the Storage Pool page, select a cloud-container storage pool and click Details.
  3. On the Details page, click the Properties tab.

     The Cloud area shows the cloud-related properties of the storage pool.

  4. In the Cloud area, click the Unlock icon to edit the cloud-related properties.
  5. From the Data encryption list, select Yes or No.
  6. Click Save.
• Using the command-line administrative client
  1. Issue the UPDATE STGPOOL command with the ENCRYPT=YES or ENCRYPT=NO parameter.

     UPDATE STGPOOL poolname ENCRYPT=YES