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root volume encryption secure purge operation

chinchillaking — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:14:51 GMT

Hi All,

Refer "Once root volume encryption begins, it must complete. You cannot pause the operation. Once encryption is complete, you cannot assign a new key to the root volume and you cannot perform a secure-purge operation''.

is only root volume cannot secure-purge operation or all volume in cluster cannot secure-purge operation?

Best regards

Re: root volume encryption secure purge operation

AmitKerkar — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:51:01 GMT

it is only root volume.

you can try for the non root vol(e.g. test_vol)

volume encryption secure-purge -volume test_vol

(assuming there are no active snapshots)

Re: root volume encryption secure purge operation

liu — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:50:35 GMT

You cannot convert a vserver root volume using NVE conversion.
SVM Root volumes MUST be encrypted via NAE.
Encryption on SVM root volume fails with Operation is not supported on a vserver root - NetApp Knowledge Base