KMS Server Validation screen reference

The KMS Server Validation screen contains these settings and information. This screen displays when you select the Test KMS option from the Security settings screen. The Test KMS option tests whether each individual application server can retrieve an encryption key from a Thales or RSA KMS.

Setting or column	Description
Get Latest Key	Select this option to have the application servers retrieve the most recently created encryption key from the KMS server.
Get Key By ID	Select this option to have the application servers retrieve an encryption key by its specific ID. Type the specific key ID in the field provided. (You must clear the check mark from the Get Latest Key setting before you can type the key ID in this field.)
App Server Host Name	The host name of an application server for which encryption key retrieval was tested.
Key ID	The unique identifier of the encryption key being retrieved.
Status	The status of the encryption key retrieval process. Possible values include: Success (status code 200) Cannot connect to KMS server (5XX) (where the status code is between 500 and 599) Key not found (status code 404) Failed (status code can be any other than 200, 404 or 5XX)
Key Creation	The date on which the key being retrieved was created.
Key Expiration	The expiration date of the key being retrieved.