Viewing FileVault Information for a Computer

You can view the FileVault disk encryption information for a computer. You can also view its FileVault recovery key.

Viewing FileVault Disk Encryption Information for a Computer

You can use the smart computer group you created in “Creating a Smart Group of Computers that are FileVault Encrypted” to view the following information for the boot partition on a
FileVault-encrypted computer:

  • Last inventory update

  • FileVault partition encryption state

  • Individual recovery key validation

  • Institutional recovery key

  • Disk encryption configuration

  • FileVault-enabled users

You can also view the last inventory update date and partition encryption state for any non-boot partitions on the computer.

  1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.

  2. Click Computers at the top of the page.

  3. Click Smart Computer Groups.
    On a smartphone, this option is in the pop-up menu.

  4. Click the smart computer group you created in “Creating a Smart Group of Computers that are FileVault Encrypted”, and then click View.

  5. Click the computer you want to view disk encryption information for.

  6. Select Disk Encryption in the list of categories.

The computer’s FileVault disk encryption information is displayed for the boot partition. For any additional partitions, the last inventory update date and partition encryption state is displayed.

Viewing the FileVault Recovery Key for a Computer

You can use the smart computer group you created in “Creating a Smart Group of Computers that are FileVault Encrypted” to view the recovery key for a FileVault-encrypted computer.

  1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.

  2. Click Computers at the top of the page.

  3. Click Smart Computer Groups.
    On a smartphone, this option is in the pop-up menu.

  4. Click the smart computer group you created in the “Creating a Smart Group of Computers that are FileVault Encrypted” section, and then click View.

  5. Click the computer you want to view the recovery key for, and then click the Management tab.

  6. Select FileVault 2 in the list of categories, and then click Get Recovery Key.

    • If the recovery key is an “Individual” recovery key, it is displayed in the JSS.

    • If the recovery key is an “Institutional” recovery key, click Download to download it.

    • If the recovery key is an “Individual and Institutional” recovery key, the individual recovery key is displayed in the JSS. To download the institutional recovery key, click Download.

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