HSM Pool Management

HSM pools

An HSM Pool is a collection of HSMs that are managed together. Currently, each HSM pool represents one or more host machines.

An HSM pool is automatically created when a new host is added to KeySafe 5. HSM pools are unhealthy if they do not contain any HSMs.

Action	WebUI Location
View HSM pool information	Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool>
Create HSM pool	Hardware Management > Pools > Actions > Create New Pool
Allocate a Security World to an HSM pool	Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool> > Actions > Allocate World Security Worlds > Security Worlds > <Security-World> > Pools > Allocate New Pool Allocating a Security World to an HSM Pool will create a Security World Operation to load the Security World onto all HSMs in the HSM Pool.
Remove a Security World from an HSM pool	Security Worlds > Security Worlds > <Security-World> > Pools > De-Allocate Security World
Edit HSM pool name	Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool> > Actions > Edit Name
Delete HSM pool	Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool> > Actions > Delete

Action

WebUI Location

View HSM pool information

Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool>

Create HSM pool

Hardware Management > Pools > Actions > Create New Pool

Allocate a Security World to an HSM pool

Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool> > Actions > Allocate World
Security Worlds > Security Worlds > <Security-World> > Pools > Allocate New Pool

Allocating a Security World to an HSM Pool will create a Security World Operation to load the Security World onto all HSMs in the HSM Pool.

Remove a Security World from an HSM pool

Security Worlds > Security Worlds > <Security-World> > Pools > De-Allocate Security World

Edit HSM pool name

Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool> > Actions > Edit Name

Delete HSM pool

Hardware Management > Pools > <Pool> > Actions > Delete