Example of Creating an ES GuardPoint on an Existing Linux Device

The following figure shows an example of initializing an existing Linux device using voradmin esg config xform and guarding it as an ES GuardPoint from the viewpoint of the Linux root user.

Now you must resize the device on the storage array to the specified size or larger, and then guard the device on the CipherTrust Manager as ES GuardPoint using Manual Guard. For details about guarding the device on the CipherTrust Manager, see Guard the Linux Device with an ES GuardPoint.

After resizing the device and configuring the GuardPoint in the CipherTrust Manager:

At this point CTE begins data relocation and transformation. Data transformation will require some amount of time to complete. You can monitor the transformation process with the voradmin esg status xform <device-name> command.