Free ESXi 7 Support for TPM

[MMTech1]

I have installed ESXi 7 with a free license and I wanted to know if it supports TPM for VM's. 

 

[Kinnison]

Hi,

AFAIK, no.

 

To add a vTPM you have to configure and manage either a KMS or the "native key provider" and vCenter is a requirement.
But then you can't add (and manage) a free licensed ESXi host to vCenter.

But adding a vTPM to a virtual machine as does encrypt some relevant file of your vitual machine, you need a feature (afaik) available only with enterprise plus icensing. 

 

Link to the some docs:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-6F811A7A-D58B-47B4-84B4-73391D55C268.html

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-54B9FBA2-FDB1-400B-A6AE-81BF3AC9DF97.html

 

Regards.

Edit: If you are operating a lab, have a look to the VMUG advantage program.

 

[MMTech1]

Thank you...