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Key Tool Overview

Use key tool utility (smkeytool) is only to resolve CDS migration issues. For all other certificate management, use the Federation Manager Federation Manager UI.

The key tool utility (smkeytool):

• Gives you access to a legacy smkeydatabase during an upgrade/migration to r12.5. Use the access legacy key store flag (-accessLegacyKS) to resolve all data collisions that can result in a failed migration to the certificate data store.
• Is installed to the following location:

  federation_mgr_home/siteminder/bin

  federation_mgr_home

  Specifies the Federation Manager installation path.

Follow these steps:

1. Open a command line or shell.
2. Run one of the following commands:
   • (Windows) smkeytool.bat -option [-arguments]
   • (UNIX) smkeytool.sh -option [-arguments]