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I want a consistent command to get PGP encrpytion status from commandline

  • 1.  I want a consistent command to get PGP encrpytion status from commandline

    Posted Apr 04, 2016 07:58 AM

    I want to get pgp encryption status from command line. I am doing this with "pgpwde --status" command. But some times i am not seeing status correctly. Is there any way to know PGP encryption status from commandline,otherthan this. Do we get this pgpwde command when we install SymantecEncryptionDesktop. Or is this version depended??



  • 2.  RE: I want a consistent command to get PGP encrpytion status from commandline

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Apr 05, 2016 08:01 AM

    hi,

    pgpwde commands executed in command line are available when you install Symantec Encryption Desktop any version.

    You can run:

    pgpwde --status

    or similar one, to check the status of a particular disk only:

    pgpwde --disk-status --disk <disk number>

    What do you mean by not seeting status correctly? Is it the case that disk is encrypted and --status/--disk-status command says it is not encrypted?

    When the disk is in the process of encrypting, you should see the message "Encryption process is running in the background". Highwatermark value indicates how many sectors were already encrypted, so it will be increasing each time you re-run the --status/--disk-status command.

    When you are decrypting the disk, you will see the message "Encryption removal process is running in the background". This time, you should check the lowwatermark value which indicates how many sectors were decrypted. Again, the value will increase if you rerun the command.