Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management 3.5 Manuale Utente

ZENworks® ESM 3.5

Administrator’s Manual

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For backup purposes, and to send the key to another Management Service instance, the current 
encryption key set may be exported to a designated file location. 

Step 1: In the tools menu, select Export Encryption Keys and click it, or press F10 on your 

keyboard.

Step 2: Enter the path with a filename in the provided field, or click the “...” button to browse to a 

file location. 

Step 3: Enter a password in the provided field. The key cannot be imported without this password.

Step 4: Click OK.

All key files in the database will be included in the exported file.

You can import keys from a backup or another Management Service instance. This allows 
endpoints managed by this Management Service to read files protected by other ESM 
installations. When importing keys, duplicates will be ignored. Imported keys become part of 
your “key set” and do not replace the current common key. All keys are passed down when a new 
policy is published.

Step 1: In the tools menu, select Import Encryption Keys and click it, or press F11 on your 

keyboard. 

Step 2: Enter the file name, including the file location, or click “...” and browse to the key file.

Step 3: Enter the password for the encryption key.

Step 4: Click OK. The encryption key will be imported into the database.

To generate a new key, select and click Generate New Key, or press the F12 key on your 
keyboard. This will automatically generate a new key. All previous keys are stored in the policy.