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February 10th, 2010 13:00

Is PowerPath/VE for Vsphere has the encryption with RSA enable?

Hello all.

I have been reading and i cant find if PowerPath/VE for Vsphere has the part of encryption. I want to setup an RKM appliance and i have 2 Virtual Machines(VMs). Is possible this setup? or it has to be a phisical host?

NOTE: I know that with a phisical host is possible, because PP5.3 has encryption with RSA.

I will appreciate the help on this matter. Thanks in advance

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June 7th, 2010 23:00

PowerPath Encryption with RSA is host-based software that uses strong encryption to safeguard sensitive data on disk devices. PowerPath Encryption assures the confidentiality of data on a disk drive that is physically removed from a data center, and it prevents anyone who gains unauthorized access to the disk from reading or using the data on that device.

An RSA-developed encrypted file used to securely store remote host IP addresses and their username and password combinations for the rpowermt server. By storing this information, rpowermt does not repeatedly prompt the user for the username and password for the remote host.

Setting the rpowermt lockbox

Upon entering the first rpowermt command, you are prompted to create an rpowermt lockbox. The rpowermt lockbox is an RSA-developed encrypted file used to store and protect sensitive information. rpowermt uses the lockbox to securely store remote host IP addresses and their username and password combinations. By storing this information, rpowermt does not repeatedly prompt you for the username and password for the remote host.

The following output appears:
Enter lockbox passphrase:
1. Type a passphrase for the rpowermt lockbox. The passphrase requires a minimum of eight characters and must contain a lowercase, uppercase,      numeric, and special character.

The following output appears:
Confirm passphrase:

2. Retype the rpowermt lockbox passphrase.
The following output appears.
Enter server username:

3. Type the ESX host username.
The following output appears:
Enter server password:

4. Type the ESX host password.
rpowermt setup update_host Updates an ESX host’s username/password entry in the lockbox. rpowermt update_lun_names Retrieves the latest user-assignable LUN names for devices on a CLARiiON system. (CLARiiON storage systems only.) rpowermt version Displays the version of PowerPath/VE that is installed on the host. Table 6 PowerPath/VE commands Command Description Managing PowerPath/VE using rpowermt 73 Managing PowerPath/VE
The following output appears:
Confirm password:

5. Retype the ESX host password.

337 Posts

June 7th, 2010 23:00

You may also refer to  the following Thread PowerPath/VE FAQ    < A MUST READ >

Here  are some of the frequently asked questions (and answers) about  PowerPath/VE, including trial license keys, License Code Activation,  getting started guides, release notes, etc.

https://community.emc.com/message/11589#11589

ECN  >    Open Exchange >   PowerPath/VE  > Discussions

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