Administrator Guide

Ensure that all users have read/write access to the USB or other disk you use to store the recovery key and that the

disk has adequate space. If you do not have rights to a selected disk or if the disk is out of space, an error displays

indicating that the recovery keys have not been stored.

11. Select a location and click Save.

The Recovery Operation Result dialog displays, indicating the files have been created.

12. Click Close.

13. After the Recovery HD volume boots, enter the name and path of the script.

NOTE:

Storing the files close to the root of a volume shortens the path to type.

The Recovery Operation Result displays the key.

The Recovery Utility outputs the files to the selected location, then displays the exact commands needed to run from the

Recovery HD volume to mount or decrypt the FileVault volume.

14. After these files are generated, copy the command strings shown on the final Recovery Operation Result dialog.

15. Reboot to the Recovery HD in one of these ways:

● Simultaneously press and hold the Command-R keys before the Power-On/Self-Test chime and during the computer

boot-up.

● For earlier versions of Apple, press the Option key and use the boot picker to select the Recovery HD.

The Mac OS X Utilities dialog displays.

16. From the Tools menu, select Utilities > Terminal.

17. To mount the volume so you can copy files from the Terminal or image the disk from Disk Utility: In Terminal, type the full

path and the script name fv2mount.sh, for example:

/Volumes/recoveryFOB/fv2mount.sh

18. Reboot the computer.

Removable Media

Supported Formats

FAT32, exFAT, or HFS Plus (Mac OS Extended) formatted media with Master Boot Record (MBR) or GUID Partition Table

(GPT) partition schemes are supported. You must enable HFS Plus.

NOTE:

Mac currently does not support CD/DVD burning for Encryption External Media. However, access to CD/DVD drives is not

blocked, even if the EMS Block Access to UnShieldable Media policy is selected.

Enable HFS Plus

To enable HFS Plus, add the following to the .plist file.

<key>EMSHFSPlusOptIn</key>

<true/>

NOTE:

Dell recommends testing this configuration before introducing it into the production environment.

HFS Plus does not support:

Tasks for the Encryption Client