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Transition to onboard key management from external key management

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If you want to switch to onboard key management from external key management, you must delete the external key management configuration before you can enable onboard key management.

Before you begin

Procedure

The steps to transition your key management depend on the version of ONTAP you are using.

ONTAP 9.6 and later
  1. Change to the advanced privilege level:

    set -privilege advanced

  2. Use the command:

    security key-manager external disable -vserver admin_SVM

    Note In a MetroCluster environment, you must repeat the command on both clusters for the admin SVM.
ONTAP 9.5 and earlier

Use the command: security key-manager delete-kmip-config