Workflows for vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption

The sections below present vSphere API methods for key acquisition and encryption.

Virtual Machine Security

Set Up the Key Management Server Cluster

Create an Encryption Storage Policy

Create an Encrypted Virtual Machine

Clone an Encrypted Virtual Machine

Encrypt an Existing Virtual Machine or Disk

Decrypt an Encrypted Virtual Machine or Disk

Encrypt with Different Keys for VM and Disk

Recrypt (Rekey) Encrypted Virtual Machines

Query Crypto Key In-Use Status

Encrypted vSphere vMotion

Virtual Disk Manager

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