How to use Encryption Service

1. Customer login to Portal vCD

2. Verify Encryption Policy is available

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3. Choose the VM you want to encrypt. Note: this VM must be powered off before encryption

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4. Change Default Storage Policy

   1. VM -> General -> EDIT

• Wait for this VM encryption process to complete (It will take time depending on the size of the VM's hard drive)

5. Optional: Enable Security Devices – Trusted Platform Module (vTPM)

   1. Choose Security Devices -> Edit -> Enable -> SAVE

NOTED: VM must meet the following requirements to add Trusted Platform Module:

6. Powered on the encrypted VM:

• VM configuration files are encrypted, including swap files, core dump files, and more.

• All Hard disks are encrypted.

• vTPM is present (Optional: if it was enabled in step 5)