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Access the token backup commands.
Note: WHEN to USE lunash "token backup" commands, or use "vtl backup" commands?
Luna Shell (lunash:>) token backup commands operate a Luna Backup HSM attached directly to Luna SA via USB, and are not intended for use with remotely connected backup devices.
You might have a and a locally connected serial terminal and be walking them from Luna SA to Luna SA in your server room to perform backups. Or you might be administering remotely via SSH and lunash:> commands, while a technician in your server center carries the backup HSM from one Luna SA to the next. In either case, these "token backup" commands are the method to use.The important distinction is where the backup HSM is physically connected - from the Luna SA perspective, those are both local backup operations to a Backup HSM that is locally connected to the appliance.
VTL backup commands operate a Luna Backup HSM connected to a computer, and located distantly from your primary Luna SA appliance. The VTL backup commands are not for use with a Luna Backup HSM that is connected directly to your Luna SA appliance.
For true, hands-off, lights-out operation of your Luna appliances, use a Luna Remote Backup HSM located in your , connected to a computer acting as a . This means the computer and Backup HSM are located near you and remote/distant from your Luna SA appliance(s). For that application, use the backup commands in the VTL utility supplied with the Luna SA - the appliance token backup commands (previous paragraph) are not designed to work for Remote Backup.
token backup
factoryreset
init
list
login
logout
partition
show
update
| Parameter | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| factoryreset | f | Reset a backup token to factory default settings. See "token backup factoryreset". |
| init | i | Initializes the token with the specified serial number and prepares it to receive backup data. See "token backup init". |
| list | li | List all backup tokens. See "token backup list". |
| login | logi | Login backup token admin. See "token backup login". |
| logout | logo | Logout backup token admin. See "token backup logout". |
| partition | p | Access the token backup partition commands to manage your backup partitions. See "token backup partition". |
| show | s | Get backup token information. See "token backup show". |
| update | u | Update commands. See "token backup update". |
An external Luna HSM can be USB-connected to a Luna SA appliance for:
•local backup/restore operations (Luna Backup HSM)
•PKI bundle operations (Luna G5 HSM)
Luna SA does not pass PED operations and data through to an externally connected Luna HSM from a Luna PED that is connected locally to the Luna SA.
If the external HSM is PED-authenticated, then the options for Luna PED connection are:
•local PED connection, directly to the affected HSM, when needed, or
•Remote PED connection, passed through the Luna SA
Note: Support for PKI Bundles with Remote PED begins at firmware version 6.10.1 in the external HSM.
Note: Support for locally connected Backup HSM with Remote PED,
begins at firmware version 6.10.1 in the external HSM.
Note: Use of Remote PED with an external device is made possible when you set up with the commands
hsm ped vector init -serial <serial#_of_external_HSM>
and
hsm ped connect -serial <serial#_of_external_HSM>
before using token pki or token backup commands.
When labeling HSMs or partitions, never use a numeral as the first, or only, character in the name/label. Token backup commands allow slot-number OR label as identifier which can lead to confusion if the label is a string version of a slot number.
For example, if the token is initialized with the label "1" then the user cannot use the label to identify the target for purposes of backup, because VTL parses "1" as signifying the numeric ID of the first slot rather than as a text label for the target in whatever slot it really occupies (the target is unlikely to be in the first slot), so backup fails.
Luna shell (lunash:> token backup commands on Luna SA would be unable to see Luna Backup HSM slots maintained by Remote Backup server. Either connect the Backup HSM locally to the Luna SA USB port to use token backup commands, or use VTL commands directed to a Luna Remote Backup HSM connected to a computer configured as a backup server.