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Can the vsphhere Hypervisor be encrytpted

  • I know that vmware's Vsphere VM's can be encrypted using a KMS server but can the actual drive which vsphere is hosted on be encrypted? In Microsoft the hyper-visor host can be encrypted if bit-locker is enabled.
Solution

  • Not explicitly. You can, however, use Secure Boot to ensure that only signed code is ran: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2017/05/secure-boot-esxi-6-5-hypervisor-assurance.html