Enable TDE DB policy management
- Last Updated: August 7, 2025
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- OpenEdge
- Version 12.8
- Documentation
To support changing the database master key, you need to enable TDE DB policy management. EnablingTDE DB policy management is a fast process that you can do while the database is running and while users continue OLTP activities.
Before you enable TDE DB policy management on an existing or new TDE installation:
- Back up your database (online or offline).
- Copy the key store (.ks) file at the same time so that you can return your database to the previous state if necessary.
There are two ways to enable TDE DB policy management:
- Run the command that enables encryption plus TDE DB policy management. See Run ENABLEENCRYPTION, or
- If encryption is already enabled on the database, run the command that enables TDE DB policy management. See PROUTIL ENABLETDEDBPOLICYMANAGEMENT qualifier.
If the process is cancelled, run it again.
If you want to use executables or utilities from older versions of OpenEdge release 12, you must disable TDE DB policy management in the current release. See PROUTIL DISABLETDEDBPOLICYMANAGEMENT qualifier.