No padlock for Dataset with inherited encryption

[HolyK]

Heya!

Is it only me going into panic mode for a split of a second every time i see no padlocks near my encrypted datasets? My brain quickly realizes that it is because encryption is inherited (after my eyes are forced to check the parent/root Dataset).

The concept with the icons is just weird ...

If root dataset IS encrypted, then:
- "No icon" = Encryption inherited
- "Padlock with "X" " = Encryption explicitly disabled

If root dataset is NOT encrypted then:
- "No icon" = Dataset is NOT encrypted
- "Padlock" = Dataset is encrypted

And the most weirdo is when you combine inherited encryption with not-encrypted datasets ...
- RootDataset - Not encrypted, no padlock
-- Encrypted dataset - padlock, encrypted
---- Encrypted dataset - no padlock, encrypted (inherited)
---- Not Encrypted dataset - padlock with "X", not encrypted (inheritance explicitly disabled)
-- Not Encrypted dataset - no padlock, NOT encrypted

Uhm ... what?

I've raised NAS-115096 with suggestion to add some sort of Padlock sign for inherited encryption. In my eyes the "No icon" should be left for "undefined / not-encrypted" only.

Original screen from here. Sadly i don't have not-encrypted root-datasets to add the "no padlock" for not-encrypted datasets.

 

[SMnasMAN]

i agree with your concept, and have voted for your IX bug tracker ticket. (i have read that IXsys does not even read improvement tickets until they 10x or more votes)

 

[winnielinnie]

i agree with your concept, and have voted for your IX bug tracker ticket.

Looks like the votes got reset from the recent Jira migration?

I voted for it... again.

 

[Bonnie Follweiler]

Looks like the votes got reset from the recent Jira migration?

I voted for it... again.

There appears to be 3 votes for this suggestion in the active ticket. Were there more in the pre-migrated ticket?

 

[winnielinnie]

Were there more in the pre-migrated ticket?

I believe so. Because *I* voted on it, but when I checked again (on the new site) my vote wasn't there. So I voted for it again.