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Integrations and Solutions
CTE Agent for AIX Integration Guide
- Using CTE with Oracle
  - CTE on Oracle ACFS Overview
  - Creating an Oracle ASM Disk Group for Guarding
  - Oracle RAC ASM
    - Important ASM Commands and Concepts
    - Determining Best Method for Encrypting Disks
    - General Prerequisites
    - Specific Prerequisites
  - About Oracle RAC ASM Raw Devices
  - Oracle RAC ASM Multi-Disk Online Method
  - Oracle RAC ASM Multi-Disk Offline Method (Backup/Restore)
  - Surviving the Reboot and Failover Testing
  - Basic Troubleshooting Techniques
- Using CTE with PowerTech Antivirus
CTE Agent for Linux Integration Guides
- Installing CTE on Hadoop
  - Overview
  - Implementing CTE on HDFS
    - Create an Encryption Zone in HDFS Name Space for AWS EMR
    - Using the Original Information from HDFS
    - Create an HDFS Host Group and GuardPoint in CipherTrust Manager
    - Adding a New DataNode to a CTE-protected HDFS
    - Configure NameNodes
    - Take a DataNode Offline and Perform Data Transformation
    - Implementing CTE on HDFS on a Single Host
  - Deploy Cloudera Hadoop on CTE
  - HDFS Upgrade with CTE
    - Configure the Hadoop Cluster for CTE
    - Create a CipherTrust Configuration Group
    - Update the Hadoop-env Template with CTE Settings
    - Modify the HDFS IOCTL
    - Change the HDFS File Rename Check
    - User Information Push
    - Uninstalling CTE for the Hadoop Cluster
  - CTE Installation and Configuration
    - Configuring Hadoop to Use CTE
  - Deleting Metadata in HDFS when Migrating Out of LDT
- Using CTE with Oracle
  - Basic Troubleshooting Techniques
    - Verifying Database Encryption
  - Using CTE LDT with Oracle
  - Oracle RAC ASM and ASMLib
    - Important ASM Commands and Concepts
    - Determining Best Method for Encrypting Disks
    - General Prerequisites
    - Specific Prerequisites
  - Oracle RAC ASMLib Multi-Disk Online Method
  - About Oracle RAC ASM Raw Devices
  - Oracle RAC ASM Multi-Disk Online Method
  - Oracle RAC ASM Multi-Disk Offline Method (Backup/Restore)
  - Surviving the Reboot and Failover Testing
  - Using CTE with Oracle ASM Filter Driver
    - Audience
    - Enable Oracle ASMFD for CTE
    - Configure CTE and create a guarded Oracle ASMFD
    - Convert a baseline ASMFD disk group to a CTE guarded ASMFD disk group using the Offline method
    - Convert a baseline ASMFD disk group to a CTE guarded ASMFD disk group using the Online method
    - Uninstall/ Upgrade CTE with active ASMFD Setup
  - Using Oracle with CTE-U
- Integrating and Configuring EDB
- Integration with Pacemaker
  - Performing CTE maintenance with an LDT GuardPoint in a Pacemaker Setup
  - Using CTE with Pacemaker
- Using CTE with SQL Server on Linux on Red Hat 8
- Configuring Support for SAP HANA
- Using CTE with GlusterFS
- NetApp Snapshot Directory
- Using CTE with Quantum StorNext
  - Overview of using CTE with Quantum StorNext
  - CTE and Quantum StorNext Compatibility
  - Setting up CTE and Quantum StorNext Integration
  - Stop secfs Before Upgrading StorNext LAN Clients
- Using CTE with McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux Threat Prevention
- Using CTE with Trend Micro Deep Security Software
- CTE for Cloud Object Storage
  - Overview
  - System and Software Requirements
  - Client Software Requirements
  - CTE COS S3 Installation Overview
  - Install Required Linux Packages
  - Install CTE with COS Service
  - Configure the AWS CLI to use the COS Root CA Certificate
  - Configure the AWS CLI Network Proxy
  - Configure CTE COS S3
  - Configure a CTE COS S3 Role for Guarded Buckets
    - Secure an S3 Bucket with the CTE COS S3 Role
    - Disable the CTE COS S3 Role for an S3 Bucket
  - Guard an AWS Bucket
  - Additional COS Proxy Root CA Certificate Information
  - Protecting Python Programs with CTE
  - Enable COS on an Agent with no COS Service
  - Creating a COS Policy
  - Uninstall COS from an Agent
- CTE with Teradata Database Appliances
  - IDT-Capable GuardPoints and Teradata Database Appliances
  - Requirements and Considerations
  - Guarding a Teradata Database Device
    - Install CTE on the Teradata Database Appliance
    - Identify the Devices to Be Guarded
    - Select the Initial Configuration Method
    - Initialize and Guard the Database Devices Using the Standard Initialization Method
    - Initialize and Guard the Teradata Database Devices Using the Backup/Restore Method
  - Changing the Encryption Key on Teradata Devices
  - Access Rules to Apply on the Teradata Database Appliance
  - Replication of IDT Metadata Files Across Members of a Clique
  - Best Practices
  - Uninstalling CTE from the Teradata Cluster
  - Alerts and Errors
  - Generating IDT-capable Metadata for Teradata Storage Expansion
- Integrating CTE with an Exasol Database
- Integrating CTE with a Couchbase Database
- Integrating CTE with an EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server
- Integrating CTE with a MongoDB database
- Integrating CTE with an Apache Cassandra database
- Integrating CTE with a Neo4j Database
CTE Agent for Windows Integration Guides
- Using CTE with Microsoft SQL AlwaysOn and SQL File Tables
  - Using CTE with Microsoft SQL
    - Using CTE with SQL
    - Using CTE with SQL FileTables
      - Supported FileTables Use Cases
      - Unsupported FileTables Use Cases
    - Installing CTE on Microsoft SQL AlwaysOn
    - Data Transformation (Encryption in place)
    - Copy/Restore
    - SQL Server Policy Tuning
  - Using LDT with Microsoft SQL
    - Using LDT with SQL AlwaysOn
    - Using LDT with SQL FILESTREAM
- CTE with DFS(R)
  - Overview
  - Terminology and Topology
  - Configure DFS(R)
  - CTE Configuration Workflow
  - Creating Required DFS(R) Policy Components
  - Using the Standard Encryption Method
    - Creating Standard Policies for DFS(R)
    - Creating Standard GuardPoints with the DFS(R) Hub and Spoke Topology
    - Creating Standard GuardPoints with the DFS(R) Full Mesh Topology
  - Using the LDT Encryption Method
    - Creating a CTE-LDT Policy for DFS(R)
    - Creating a LDT GuardPoint for DFS(R)
    - CTE QoS Throttling and Rekey Scheduling
  - Troubleshooting
  - CTE Client Groups
- Secure Start
  - Secure Start Overview
  - Prerequisites
  - Encrypt by Moving the AD Service into a Guarded Directory
  - Encrypt Data in Place with Offline Transformation
  - Encrypt with an LDT Transformation Policy
  - Configure the Time Out Failure
  - Recover a Server After it Loses Connection to the Key Manager
  - Other Use Cases
  - Best Practices for Encrypting and Protecting the AD Service
- Exchange DAG
  - Exchange DAG Overview
  - CTE Policies for Exchange DAG
    - Creating a Policy for CTE-LDT Encryption with CipherTrust Manager
    - Creating Policies for Standard Encryption with CipherTrust Manager
  - Encrypting with CTE-LDT in an Exchange DAG Environment
  - Encrypting with a Standard CTE Policy in the Exchange DAG Environment
  - Decrypting with CTE-LDT in an Exchange DAG Environment
- Storage Spaces Direct
- Using CTE with Quantum StorNext
  - Overview of using CTE with Quantum StorNext
  - CTE and Quantum StorNext Compatibility
  - Setting up CTE and Quantum StorNext Integration
- Encrypt Microsoft OneDrive files with CTE
- Setting up Microsoft DPM with CTE

Important ASM Commands and Concepts

Rebalancing Disks

When you drop/remove a disk from the diskgroup, it is important to apply the proper value for the power setting for rebalance and to use the WAIT command.

Example ASM Command:

SQL> ALTER DISKGROUP <DiskGroupName> DROP DISK <diskName> REBALANCE POWER 8 WAIT;

The rebalance command moves the data off of the disk that you are removing from the diskgroup, distributing the data across the remaining DISKS.
The power setting is a number from 1 to 11. It determines how much processing power is dedicated to the rebalance, versus normal operations. Unless the encrypting occurs during heavy traffic volume, the minimum value you should use is 6. Otherwise, consult the customer’s DBA for the proper setting. An appropriate value to start with is 8.

Mapping Raw Devices

You can map raw devices for this configuration using:

EMC PowerPath

If using EMC PowerPath then the device names are similar to the following: /dev/hdiskpowerXX.

When browsing the CipherTrust Manager through the local host, you cannot find Power Path devices. You must manually input the paths. The guarded disk names are prepended with: /dev/secvm.

Checking Rebalance Status

The wait command is very important when ASM performs a rebalance. When you specify wait, the command prompt does not display until all of the data is rebalanced and migrated off of the disk. If you do not specify wait, the command prompt returns immediately, and you must issue the following ASM command to check the status of the rebalance:

SQL> select * from v$asm_operation;

This command returns information about the:

State
Current power level
Current amount rebalanced
Estimated work until completion
Rate
Estimated minutes
Any error codes

It is highly recommended that you always specify the wait command when performing a Drop Disk with Rebalance. If it is not specified, ASM may prematurely release the disk, thereby allowing CTE to place a GuardPoint on the disk before the rebalance completes. This action may corrupt the data.

Oracle cautions against this issue:

The ALTER DISKGROUP...DROP DISK statement returns before the drop and rebalance operations complete. Do not reuse, remove, or disconnect the dropped disk until the HEADER_STATUS column in the V$ASM_DISK view for this disk changes to FORMER. You can query the V$ASM_OPERATION view to determine the amount of time remaining for the drop/rebalance operation to complete. For more information, refer to the Oracle Database SQL Language Reference and the Oracle Database Reference.