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EKG Keys

In emergency situations, such as disaster recovery, an Emergency Key Generator can issue a temporary key for the products. An EKG key is valid for ten days from the date of activation, and it is valid for all products and on all CPUs.

Each EKG key begins with the EKG statement, and is in the following format:

EKG(nnnnnnnn)

where:

EKG

Specifies the emergency key.

It is not necessary to implement EKG keys to activate products in a disaster recovery situation, because CA LMP allows the products to run uninterrupted regardless of the CPU on which they are running. Note that when bypassing EKG, warning messages will be issued after any product command entered by a user. These messages do not impact product operation, but they will be visible on the console, and to the system administrators and operators.

To suppress these messages, contact CA LMP support and, in an emergency, request an EKG key. Once you have obtained an EKG key, edit the CALMP KEYS file and add the key information as shown in the example above.