vStor 4.12 Documentation
  • Welcome to vStor!
  • Introduction
  • Installation
    • Deploying Catalogic vStor on Physical Appliances
    • Deploying Catalogic vStor Virtual Appliance for VMware
    • Deploying Catalogic vStor Virtual Appliance for Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Required Ports for Catalogic vStor
    • Updating Catalogic vStor
  • Quick Start
    • Catalogic vStor for VMware
    • Catalogic vStor for Hyper-V
  • Basic Configuration
    • Initializing vStor
    • Adding Catalogic vStor Node to Catalogic DPX
      • Using vStor API Keys with Catalogic DPX
    • Configuring vStor System Settings
    • Configuring vStor Network Settings
    • Backing up Configuration Settings of Catalogic vStor
    • Restoring Configuration Settings of Catalogic vStor
  • Storage Management
    • Adding Disks
    • Managing Storage Pools
    • Managing Volumes
      • Migrating Volumes
      • Creating Volume Snapshots
      • Using vStor Autosnapshot
    • ZFS Compression and Deduplication
    • Managing Shares
    • Managing Hosts for LUN Volumes
    • Using vStor Snapshot Explorer
  • Data Protection
    • Catalogic vStor Backup and Recovery
    • vStor Partnerships
      • Creating Replication Groups
      • Establishing Cross-Version Partnerships
    • Enabling Volume Encryption
    • Immutability in vStor
    • Using GuardMode Scan
    • Using Remote Keystore
  • Advanced Configuration
    • Using Multipath Storage
    • Managing Certificates
    • Adding Encryption URLs
    • Managing MinIO Buckets
    • Assigning an E-mail to a vStor Account
    • Managing vStor User Accounts
    • Using Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
  • vStor Command Line Interface
    • Catalogic vStor Server CLI Overview
  • Best Practices
    • Hardware Configurations: Best Practices
    • Data Backup: Best Practices
    • Data Archiving: Best Practices
    • Backup Storage: Best Practices
    • Frequently Asked Questions: Best Practices
  • Technical Support
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  1. Data Protection

Enabling Volume Encryption

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Last updated 17 days ago

In Catalogic vStor, you can make your data more secure by adding encryption to your volumes.

When creating a new volume, turn on the encryption feature and set a password. Optionally, enable Save key in Encryption Keystore to store the password securely. This password is stored safely in a remote location:

See more. To learn more about storing and managing encryption passwords, see .

Once encryption is enabled, you can lock or unlock your volume from its details page:

Attention! It is important to keep your password safe, as it cannot be reset.

Using Remote Keystore