6.7

Procedure
1 Connect to vCenter Server by using either the vSphere Client (HTML5-based client) or the
vSphere Web Client.
2 Right-click the virtual machine that you want to change and select VM Policies > Edit VM Storage
Policies.
You can set the storage policy for the virtual machine files, represented by VM home, and the storage
policy for virtual disks.
3 Select a storage policy.
n
vSphere Client (HTML5-based client):
n
To decrypt the VM and its hard disks, toggle off Configure per disk, select a storage policy
from the drop-down menu, and click OK.
n
To decrypt a virtual disk but not the virtual machine, toggle on Configure per disk, select the
encryption storage policy for VM Home and other storage policies for the virtual disks, and
click OK.
n
vSphere Web Client:
n
To decrypt the virtual machine and its hard disks, select a storage policy from the drop-down
menu, click Apply to all, and click OK.
n
To decrypt a virtual disk but not the virtual machine, select a storage policy for the virtual disk
from the drop-down menu in the table. Do not change the policy for VM Home. Click OK.
You cannot decrypt the virtual machine and leave the disk encrypted.
4 If you prefer, you can use the vSphere Client (HTML5-based client) to decrypt the virtual machine and
disks from the Edit Settings menu.
a Right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
b Select the VM Options tab and expand Encryption.
c To decrypt the VM and its hard disks, choose None from the Encrypt VM drop-down menu.
d To decrypt a virtual disk but not the virtual machine, deselect the disk.
e Click OK.
5 (Optional) You can change the Encrypted vMotion setting.
a Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings.
b Click VM Options, and open Encryption.
c Set the Encrypted vMotion value.
Virtual Machine Power Management Options
Configure virtual machine Power management options to define how the virtual machine responds when
the guest OS is placed on standby.
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
VMware, Inc. 174