Secure storage policy
You can use the secure storage policy to clear the sensitive data on the system.
About this task
Choose the Secure storage policy menu to clear the sensitive data for the
following activities:
- Returning the system to IBM® Global Asset Recovery Services (GARS).
- Resale of the system.
- When there are changes in the customer workloads such as moving a system from development environment to production use.
- When the encryption or decryption keys are compromised or lost.
Notes:
- You can use the secure storage policy to clear the sensitive data on the system. Due to the sensitivity of the data that might be cleared, the procedure requires physical access to the system to authorize the operation.
- Warning: This operation is not reversible. If the sensitive data that is cleared contains data or storage encryption keys, you will also lose the encryption keys. Additionally, if the encryption keys or data are not replicated to another location, the system also loses the ability to decrypt data that is encrypted by using those encryption keys.
To change the secure storage policy, complete the following steps: