Chapter 5. Administering the Encryption Key ManagerStarting, Refreshing, and Stopping the Key Manager ServerThe Encryption Key Manager server is very easy to start and stop.Refreshing the server makes the Encryption Key Manager dump the currentcontents of the keystore, drive table and configuration information it has inmemory out to the respective files and then reload them into memory. Issuing arefresh is useful after making any changes to these components using the CLIclient. Although such changes are automatically saved at Encryption Key Managerserver shutdown, issuing a server refresh guards against these changes being lostin the event of a system crash or power outage.Start the Encryption Key Manager server from the Dell Encryption Key ManagerGUI:1. Open the GUI if it is not yet started:On WindowsNavigate to c:\ekm\gui and click LaunchEKMGui.batOn Linux platformsNavigate to /var/ekm/gui and enter . ./LaunchEKMGui.sh2. Click Server Health Monitor in the navigator on the left of the GUI.3. On the “Server Status” page (Figure 5-1), click Start Server or Refresh Server.4. The change in server status is reflected on the Server Status window. SeeFigure 5-1.5. The Login window displays (Figure 5-2 on page 5-2).a14m0249Figure 5-1. Server Status5-1
