Procedure

1. Go to Inventory.
2. Use one of the following methods to select the machine that has unencrypted devices:
   • Click the name of the machine that has unencrypted devices.
     This opens the Edit Computers screen.
   • Select the machine that has unencrypted devices and click Encrypt
     This opens the Encrypting Device(s) screen.
3. Select the devices for encryption.
   If this step was performed from the Edit Computers screen, the Encrypting Device(s) screen appears.
4. Configure the following as necessary:

   Option	Description
   Existing Data	Preserve: Use this option to retain all data while encrypting. This is also known as in-place encryption. Erase: Use this option to delete all data while encrypting. This is also known as format-erasing encryption.
   File System	While Existing Data is set to Erase, use these options to determine which file system to format the volume into. The options available depend on the operating system of the computer. Linux operating systems: EXT3, EXT4, and XFS Windows operating systems: FAT32 and NTFS
   Mount Point	While Existing Data is set to Erase, type in the mount point to set the device to.

5. Click Encrypt.
   The SecureCloud Agent uses the encryption key provided by the Key Management Server to encrypt the devices attached to this machine.