When should a user follow these instructions? How does this fall into the Gen 4 upgrade process?
Overview
Use this document to create a backup file of your data security manager.
Before you begin:
You must have system administrator credentials to access the Vormetric DSM
You must be able to connect to your Cisco AnyConnect VPN client in order to reach the DSM's public IP address over https://
At a high level, this process includes five major steps:
- Create a new system administrator
- Create an asymmetric wrapper key
- Export the wrapper key
- Download the encrypted DSM configuration file
- Test the restore feature of the DSM with the wrapper key
Step 1: Create the wrapper key custodian
- Log into the DSM console as the system administrator
- Click the Administrators tab. You can ignore the drop-down menu that appears.
- Click Add to create a new administrator.
- Create a Login user name.
- (Optional) In Description, enter an easily identifiable description.
- You can leave the RSA User ID field blank.