How to enable encryption on a NetApp FAS volume and aggregate

Problem:

How do I enable encryption on a NetApp FAS system that already is in use and has data on it?

Solution:

First check to see if there are any encryption jobs in progress:

vol encryp conv show

 

Next lets check which volumes are already encrypted:

vol show -fields encrypt

 

Show the encrypted aggregates:

aggr show -fields encrypt-with-aggr-key 

 

Next lets start  the  encryption process on the prd_svm on the volume san01_prd_vol1.  Accept the prompts that state it may take some time:

vol encryption conversion start -vserver prd_svm -volume san01_prd_vol1

 

Convert a non-encrypted aggregate to encrypted:

aggregate modify -aggregate aggr1 -encrypt-with-aggr-key true 

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