Administrator's Guide

Preparation Overview
Use the following procedure to prepare EVFS for configuration:
1. Configure an alternate EVFS pseudo-user account. You can skip this step if you can use
evfs as the user name and group name for the EVFS pseudo-user. See “Step 1: Configuring
an Alternate EVFS Pseudo-User” (page 37).
2. (Optional) Configure alternate directories for the key database. See “Step 2: (Optional)
Configuring Alternate Key Database Directories” (page 39).
3. (Optional) Modify EVFS global parameters. See “Step 3: (Optional) Modifying EVFS Global
Parameters” (page 42).
4. Start the EVFS subsystem. See “Step 4: Starting the EVFS Subsystem” (page 43).
5. Create user key pairs for EVFS volume owners and authorized users, and recovery key pairs.
See “Step 5: Creating User Key Pairs” (page 44).
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