Deleting a Keyset

Deleting user keysets is the responsibility of the device administrator and is performed using the ProtectToolkit-M administration utility.

To delete a user keyset

1.Launch the administration utility from the Start menu by selecting Start > Programs > SafeNet > ProtectToolkit M > gmadmin.

2.Select the desired keyset from the Active Adapters list.

3.Open the Keyset menu and choose Delete Keyset.

4.The administration utility will now prompt for the device administrator Password. Prior to deletion, the administration utility will prompt for confirmation that deletion is the requested operation.

5.The keyset is removed from the displayed keysets under the selected device.

NOTE   A keyset cannot be deleted if an application is currently using ProtectToolkit-M. For more information about this issue, see Session Exists Error.

To check if an application has any open sessions to ProtectToolkit-M, check the value shown next to Application Count in the System section of the administration utility. This will need to be “1”, and the Total Session Count must be “0” in order for the keyset deletion to succeed.

NOTE   If the value of Application Count is shown as “UNAVAILABLE”, your HSM firmware doesn’t support live application counting. In such a case, it is advisable to upgrade the HSM firmware to the latest version. Please refer to Checking and Upgrading HSM Firmware.