Cannot put restructions on VMs in Workstation 17.2

wxlmalanis — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 02:55:57 GMT

Hello community:

I have found this article in VMware KB (How to Add Restrictions of a Virtual Machine | KB Article VMware ).

When I shut down the VM and then go Settings > Options > Access Control > Encrypt and enter a password then let it do its thing I do not see the Enable Restrictions anywhere and I'd like to do so.

The VM is running in Workstation 17.2 running on Windows 11 Pro x64. The VM hardware version is 16.x. I have been looking all over the place for what the issues is but no luck.

My objective is to lock down the configuration and also to ensure that the VM goes back to a defined snapshot on power off.

Re: Cannot put restructions on VMs in Workstation 17.2

Technogeezer — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 04:25:40 GMT

The restricted virtual machine feature was removed in Workstation 16. See the Workstation 16 release notes https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16/rn/VMware-Workstation-16-Pro-Release-Notes.html

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