Reusing old nCipher administration cards
Originally Published: 2002-12-02
Article Number
Applies To
nCipher KeySafe
Cards are being reused from a failed nCipher system
Issue
Error: "Cannot overwrite an existing Admin card. Please insert a different card that you want to write."
Cause
Resolution
slotinfo 1 0 -FORMAT
This should give the following output if it is successful:
Formatting token in module 1 slot 0:
Formatted token OK
Workaround
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