TPM2.0 usage in VMware ESXi 7.0.3

[torabi12]

I have an ESXi environment running on a Dell PowerEdge R440 server.

Client version: 1.43.8

ESXi version: 7.03

I installed the system yesterday using the Dell customized image from vmware web site. I enabled secure boot and TPM related settings in the BIOS. I would like to create a new VM and add a Trusted Platform Modul device into but this feature is not on the list.

I checked some basic logs and info via SSH and I have these:

Could you give me any idea or command to check this?

[Lovetta65]

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@torabi12 AIM Provider Portal wrote:

I have an ESXi environment running on a Dell PowerEdge R440 server.

Client version: 1.43.8

ESXi version: 7.03

I installed the system yesterday using the Dell customized image from vmware web site. I enabled secure boot and TPM related settings in the BIOS. I would like to create a new VM and add a Trusted Platform Modul device into but this feature is not on the list.

I checked some basic logs and info via SSH and I have these:

My question would be that does ESXi client support TPM or I also need a vCenter Server or other software component to get this feature working and available?

Thank you any info or suggestion!

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I am also having the same Issue. Did you get any solution

[Lovetta65]

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@torabi12 AIM Provider Portal wrote:

I have an ESXi environment running on a Dell PowerEdge R440 server.

Client version: 1.43.8

ESXi version: 7.03

I installed the system yesterday using the Dell customized image from vmware web site. I enabled secure boot and TPM related settings in the BIOS. I would like to create a new VM and add a Trusted Platform Modul device into but this feature is not on the list.

I checked some basic logs and info via SSH and I have these:

My question would be that does ESXi client support TPM or I also need a vCenter Server or other software component to get this feature working and available?

Thank you any info or suggestion!

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Thank you for the explanation. It is clear for me.

[torabi12]

I didn't get any comment or answer, do you have any idea how to get the TPM working in ESXi 7.0.3?

Under the other device there is not Trusted Platform Modul, but the ESXi load ther TPM driver.

[Kinnison]

Hi,

I think no one has answered you both because the answer to your question is part of the official product documentation and because it has already been debated on several other occasions on this forum. IMHO you should start here:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-A43B6914-E5F9-4CB...

Regards,
Ferdinando

[torabi12]

Thank you, I have checked this a few times but I am very beginner and I was not able to fix this, but I will go through again.

I have only a ESXi client and there is no connect/disconect function, or I don't knwo how to do that. I thought the new reintallation will fix it, but I have the same state like with the old ESXi version before.

I don't knwo how to get a key provider which looks essential for this function:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-E5E8A9BF-F736-48D...

Regards,

Arpad

[torabi12]

Hi Ferdinando,

I wanted to follow the official web page but my ESXi product does not contain kex provider and other functions and I am not able to do the task:

I have only these menu items and I went through many times the entire web page:)

Regards,

Arpad

[Kinnison]

Hi,

Forgive me, the requirements to be able to add a vTPM object to a virtual machine (new or existing) are clearly indicated in the documentation. But did you take a look at it?

If it says that one of the requirements is to have the vCenter object, correctly installed and configured, trying to circumvent the requirement through the graphical interface of an ESXi host is useless.

Regards.

[torabi12]

Hello Kinnison,

I checked a lot of things but I am a very beginner, this was the first time when I installed ESXi on my server and I am very happy that the old VM's come back and I didn't make the full environment useless:)

I have just a free ESXi 7.0.3 and I thought that is enough to use vTPM.

It was very suspicios that all the screenshots are about a different web page and no one shows a simple ESXi cliens like as I have.

Thank yu very much for your reply!

Regards

Arpad

[Kinnison]

Hi,

One way to have access of many of VMware's technologies is to subscribe to the VMUG ADVANTAGE program whose list price is $ 200 per year, for example you would get "ESXi enterprise plus" license and "vCenter standard" license, and other (more or less) interesting things. Another avenue is to acquire the "essential" commercial licenses, it costs a few extra bucks but gives you access to updates and the so-called storage API (or whatever they are called).

You could then use the community version of the "VEEAM backup & replication" product to keep backup copies of your virtual machines (there are some limits but IMHO not too burdensome in an "homelab" context).

Personally, I stopped using the "free" version of ESXi a long time ago, too limited for my tastes, when I first bought an "essential" license and then subscribed to the program I described to you.

Regards,
Ferdinando

[torabi12]

Hi Ferdinando,

Thank you very much, I really appreciate your answer. Hope my boss will also support my case:)

Thanks again!

Best regards,

Arpad

[Kinnison]

Hi,

If I were you I would try to convince my "boss" to invest something in my training, it is true that even alone you can learn a lot but only up to a certain point beyond which goodwill alone is not enough. I'm telling you this from personal experience.

Regards,
Ferdinando

[torabi12]

Hello Lovetta,

ESXi free version does not support vTPM usage.

Regards,

Arpad