Enabling Native KMS in vSphere 7.0 Update 2
Some time back I wrote about setting up and enabling a HyTrust Key Management setup for vSphere to make use of VM and vSAN encryption. Following the release of vSphere 7.0 Update 2, VMware have introduced native key management capabilities! This is a great feature as you no longer require a potentially expensive separate key management solution to make use of vSphere’s encryption offerings.
Lets take a look at this new capability by heading over to the Key Providers menu on your vCenter object, and selecting ‘Add Native Key Provider’:
