How Can I Perform Cryptographic Operations

The vSphere Client supports many cryptographic operations. For other tasks, you must use the API.

Table 1. Interfaces for performing cryptographic operations
Interface	Operations	Information
vSphere Client	Create encrypted virtual machines Encrypt and decrypt virtual machines	The vSphere Security guide.
vSphere Web Services SDK	Create encrypted virtual machines Encrypt and decrypt virtual machines Perform a deep recrypt of virtual machines (use a different KEK and DEK). Perform a shallow recrypt of virtual machines (use a different KEK).	This chapter.
crypto-util	Decrypt encrypted core dumps, check whether files are encrypted, and perform other management tasks directly on the ESXi host,	Command-line help and the vSphere Security guide.