Failed to change the encryption state of the virtual machine because vSphere Replication is enabled, preventing the assignment of a KMS-based encryption storage policy

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.x

Issue/Introduction

On trying to encrypt a virtual machine, the vSphere Web Client will return the following error:

"Failed to change encryption state for the virtual machine with vSphere Replication enabled."

 

 

Cause

Since the virtual machine has a replica made by vSphere Replication, it is not possible to encrypt the original virtual machine

Resolution

Destroy the replication of the virtual machine, then encrypt the source VM and create the replication again.