Workstation User’s Manual
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Restrictions on Encryption
Theencryptionfeaturehasthefollowingrestrictions:
Avirtualmachinemustbepow eredoffbeforeyoucanaddorremoveencryption,
orchangetheencryptionpassword.
Theencryptionfeatureworksonlywithvirtualmachinesofvirtualhardware
version5.xorlater.
Youcancreatealinkedclonefromanencryptedvirtualmachine,butyoucannot
encryptorremoveencryptionfromavirtualmachinethatistheparentofalinked
clone.
Thereisoneexceptiontothisrestriction.IfyouusetheConversionwizard(File>
ImportorExport)tocreatealink
edclone,youcancreatealinkedclonewithout
disablingtheencryptionfeaturefortheparentvirtualmachine.Ifyoucreatea
linkedclonethiswayandthenencrypttheparentvirtualmachine,thelinkedclone
cannotreaddatafromthevirtualdiskoftheencryptedparentvirtualmachine.To
fixthisprob
lem,unencrypttheparentvirtualmachine.
Ifyouplantousetheencryptionfeature,VMwarerecommendsthatyouavoidthis
potentialproblembyusingVM>Clonetocreatealinkedclone.Workstation
disablestheencryptionfeaturefortheparentofalinkedclonethatiscreatedwith
theVM>Clo
neoptio
n.
Youcannotencryptvirtualmachinesthataremembersofateam,andyoucannot
addanencryptedvirtualmachinetoateam.
Ifmorethanoneunencryptedvirtualmachinessharethesamevirtualdisk,and
youencryptoneofthevirtualmachines,thevirtualdiskbecomesunusableforthe
unencryptedvirtualmachines.
Youcannotencryptavirtualmachinesthathasarecording.
YoucannotencryptACEvirtualmachines.Ifyouhaveanencryptedvirtual
machineyoucannotenableACEfeatures.
Encrypt a Virtual Machine
Ifyouforgetyourpassword,Workstationdoesnotprovideawaytoretrieveit.Before
youbegin,poweroffthevirtualmachine.Makesureyoureadthefeaturelimitations.
Formoreinformation,see“RestrictionsonEncryption”onpage 156.
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